Subject: Re: [RFC] ip / ifconfig redesign

From: Ben Greear <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:08:17 -0800

Al Boldi wrote:
> The current ip / ifconfig configuration is arcane and inflexible.  The reason 
> being, that they are based on design principles inherited from the last 
> century.
> 
> In a GNU/OpenSource environment, OpenMinds should not inhibit themselves 
> achieving new design-goals to enable a flexible non-redundant configuration.
> 
> Specifically, '#> ip addr ' exhibits this issue clearly, by requiring to 
> associate the address to a link instead of the other way around.
> 
> Consider this new approach for better address management:
> 1. Allow the definition of an address pool
> 2. Relate links to addresses
> 3. Implement to make things backward-compatible.
> 
> The obvious benefit here, would be the transparent ability for apps to bind 
> to addresses, regardless of the link existence.
> 
> Another benefit includes the ability to scale the link level transparently, 
> regardless of the application bind state.

Can you do this with the current code by using scripts/whatever to move
virtual IPs around the interfaces?

I guess I don't really understand what you are proposing...

Ben

> 
> And there may be many other benefits... (i.e. 100% OSI compliance)
> 
> --
> Al
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