Abstract
The established host-centric networking paradigm is
challenged due to handicaps related with disconnected
operation, mobility, and broken locator/identifier
semantics. This paper soberly examines another topic of
great interest: distributed information object
resolution. After recapping the notion of an information
object, we review object resolution in today's Internet
which is based on uniform resource identifiers (URIs). We
revisit the implications of DNS involvement in URI
resolution and di.scuss how two different types of
content distribution networks work with respect to name
resolution. Then we evaluate proposals championing the
replacement of DNS with alternatives based on distributed
hash tables. We present the pros and cons and highlight
the importance of latency in resolution. The paper
positions these issues in the context of a network of
information (NetInf) and concludes with open research
topics in the area. (23 refs.)
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2009 Eighth International Conference on Networks |
Place of Publication | Piscataway |
Publisher | IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
Pages | 360-366 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-7695-3552-4 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4244-3470-1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | 8th International Conference on Networks. ICN 2009 - Gosier, Guadeloupe Duration: 1 Mar 2009 → 6 Mar 2009 |
Conference
Conference | 8th International Conference on Networks. ICN 2009 |
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Country/Territory | Guadeloupe |
City | Gosier |
Period | 1/03/09 → 6/03/09 |