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diff --git a/content/en/blog/20221207-loc-id-split.md b/content/en/blog/20221207-loc-id-split.md index 8c2a068..6544837 100644 --- a/content/en/blog/20221207-loc-id-split.md +++ b/content/en/blog/20221207-loc-id-split.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ author: Dimitri Staessens A few weeks back I had a drink with a Thijs who is now doing a master's thesis on Loc/Id split, so we dug into the concepts behind -Locators and Identifiers and see if matches or in anyway interferes +Locators and Identifiers and see if matches or in any way interferes with the Ouroboros network model. For this, we started from the paper _Locator/Identifier Split @@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ In a nutshell, Loc/Id split starts from the observation that the transport layer (TCP, UDP) is tightly coupled to network (IP) addresses via a certain TCP/UDP port. -Assuming our IPv4 local address is 10.10.0.1/24 and there is an SSH -server on 10.10.5.253/24 listening on port 22, after making a -connection, our client application could be bound to 10.10.0.1/24 on +Assuming our IPv4 local address is 10.10.0.1 /24 and there is an SSH +server on 10.10.5.253 /24 listening on port 22, after making a +connection, our client application could be bound to 10.10.0.1 /24 on port 25406. If we move our laptop to another room that is on an access -point in a different subnet, and we receive IP address 10.10.4.7/24, +point in a different subnet, and we receive IP address 10.10.4.7 /24, our TCP connection to the SSL server will break. Loc/Id split suggest to split the "address" into two parts, an @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ to some SSH server, but this time we're in a Loc/Id split network. So my laptop got a different address for its interface, an identifier, say COFF33D00D, and, since I'm in the green network, a locator that is conveniently the IPv4 address for my wireless LAN interface, -10.10.0.1/24. The TCP connection in the SSH client is Loc/Id aware, +10.10.0.1 /24. The TCP connection in the SSH client is Loc/Id aware, and now bound to C0FF33D00D:25406. After connecting to the client at 008BADF00D, It learns that I'm C0FF33D00D and my locator is 10.10.0.1. |