RE: IRIP version 4 (Part 1) [CSID NAME]

["Lowde, Chris A" <lowdeca@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The primary issue with the 4.dotted number as a mechanism is that it
precludes IPv6. 
Either specifically permit IPv6 style addresses in the spec or restrict the
address to DNS names.

Chris Lowde
Texaco

-----Original Message-----
From: sman@netscape.com [mailto:sman@netscape.com]
Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 23:04
To: Bruce Kahn
Cc: CalSched IETF
Subject: Re: IRIP version 4 (Part 1) [CSID NAME]



Bruce_Kahn@iris.com wrote:

> Can I specify an IP address or must it be a DNS name??  Id think it
> would
> be odd to have a CSID of 128.221.2.45 instead of calstore.dg.com.
> (The
> term "address" above conotes IP to me but maybe you are using the RFC
> 2038
> terminology.)

Good point. We need to be explicit here. We had originally modelled the
calendar addresses after RFC 1738 which allows either domain names of a
network host or the IP address as 4 dotted numbers.

I am interested in what others think.  What are the issues with allowing
the dotted IP address?

BTW. RFC 2038 is entitled "RTP Payload Format for MPEG1/MPEG2 Video".
You weren't really referring to that one were you?

-Steve