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Re: [ns] Specifying arbitrary node addresses



On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Sean Murphy wrote:

> I had a look at hierarchical addressing, but I'm quite sure that this
> carries hierarchical routing baggage with it. Can someone confirm
> this? Afaik, this then imposes constraints on the addresses chosen for the
> nodes. This is not what I want. Is it possible to decouple hierarchical
> addressing from hierarchical routing?

This would be ideal if done - the existing flat address space can (and
IMO should) be thought of as hierarchical addressing with one level of
hierarchy.

L.

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