Re: API, was: Question re HIP dependency & some architectural considerations

John,

> Quick question on terminology:
>
>> A = Application, i.e., API level and inside applications
>> E = End-point (in the sense that Noel Chiappa and/or NSRG
>>      use/used the term)
>
> Is the EID capable covering multiple IP addresses / interfaces?
> For example, if I have device with WLAN & GPRS, which have connections
> to different ISPs so the interfaces have different addresses, does
> a single EID cover both IP addresses?

Yes, it is capable of covering multiple IP addresses / interfaces.

> I'm asking the above in a termonologic sense, not a technologic
> sense, as the technology may still need to be determined.

 From http://users.exis.net/~jnc/tech/endpoints.txt:

> An "endpoint" is thus defined as one participant of an end-end
> communication; i.e. the fundamental agent of end-end communication. It
> is the entity which is performing a reliable communication on an
> end-end basis.

--Pekka