The ties that un-bind
Marwan Fayed, Lorenz Bauer, Vasileios Giotsas, Sami Kerola, Marek Majkowski, Pavel Odintsov, Jakub Sitnicki, Taejoong Chung, Dave Levin, Alan Mislove, Christopher A. Wood, Nick Sullivan
Abstract
The couplings between IP addresses, names of content or services, and socket interfaces, are too tight. This impedes system manageability, growth, and overall provisioning. In turn, large-scale content providers are forced to use staggering numbers of addresses, ultimately leading to address exhaustion (IPv4) and inefficiency (IPv6).
Topics & Concepts
InefficiencyIPv4IPv6ProvisioningComputer scienceComputer networkComputer securityThe InternetWorld Wide WebEconomicsMicroeconomicsCaching and Content DeliveryPeer-to-Peer Network TechnologiesAdvanced Data Storage Technologies