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Patterns in Network Architecture
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Patterns in Network Architecture

by John Day
December 2007
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
464 pages
14h 44m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 8. Making Addresses Topological

A 64-byte address is too long, it won’t fit on my business card.

Any of several CCITT delegates (didn’t get or want their names)

Q: So, how long should an address be?

A: Processing the address should halt.

Introduction

Previously in Chapter 5, “Naming and Addressing,” we reviewed the current state of naming and addressing. We saw how the early development of networking often looked to operating systems for guidance and have seen that perspective pay off with addressing, too (even though many OS designs, including UNIX, failed to understand the importance of IPC). From operating systems, Shoch noted that networks needed the same separation between logical names and physical addresses that is useful in ...

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