Re: IPv4 address length technical design

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Oct 4, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Tony Finch <dot () dotat at> wrote:

> Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
> > Once host identifiers are no longer dependent on or related to topology,
> > there's no reason a reasonable fixed-length cannot suffice.
>
> Host identities should be cryptographic hashes of public keys, so you have
> to support algorithm agility, which probably implies variable length.

No, they really shouldn't, but I understand why some security zealots think that's a good idea.

Owen