What is multihoming was (design of a real routing v. endpoint id seperation)

Mon Oct 24 20:31:17 UTC 2005

Stephen Sprunk wrote:
[snip]

>> Other people use this term in very different ways. To some people
>> it means using having multiple IP addresses bound to a single
>> network interface. To others it means multiple websites on one
>> server.
> 
> 
> That is virtual hosting in a NANOG context.  Some undereducated MCSEs 
> might call it multihoming, but let's not endorse that here.

Unfortunately, this is a common and "standards blessed" way to refer to
any host with multiple interfaces/addresses (real or virtual). For example,
from the "Terminology" section, 1.1.3, of RFC1122, "Requirements for
Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers," says,

          Multihomed
               A host is said to be multihomed if it has multiple IP
               addresses.  For a discussion of multihoming, see Section
               3.3.4 below.

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