Dagstuhl Seminar on Naming and Addressing for Next Generation Internetworks

The design of naming and addressing for data networks is a fundamental architectural consideration, and several current or anticipated problems in the Internet – including mobility dynamics, forwarding table growth in the core routers, and security – point out possible limitations with naming and addressing schemes in use today. A seminar on the topic of naming and addressing for next generation internetworks was held at the Schloß Dagstuhl from October 29 to November 1, 2006. Researchers from different fields discussed their views and recent results pertaining to naming and addressing problems. Over twenty talks covered topics such as routing, naming components, APIs, mobility, delaytolerant architectures, flat routing and deployment issues. This article briefly summarizes the seminar presentations and discussions.