[hipl-users] Re: Communication with non-HIP hosts
- From: Miika Komu <mkomu@xxxxxxxx>
- To: hipl-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 13:51:13 +0200
Hi,
On 11/25/2017 08:13 AM, Nathan Dehnel wrote:
Can applications on hosts running Host Identity Protocol communicate
with applications on hosts not running Host Identity Protocol? It wasn't
clear to me after reading the manual.
yes, using normal TCP/IP.
The idea is that HIP is used when the applications employ special (IPv4
or IPv6) virtual addresses. If the application uses normal routable
IPv4/IPv6 addresses, then HIP is not being used.
The virtual addresses can be used directly in the application or you can
place them on /etc/hip/hosts or /etc/hosts files if you want to use DNS
addresses. Placing the virtual addresses to DNS is also possible.
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