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LISP: The Future of Internet Routing?

By Sean Michael Kerner

“For some, the name LISP (define) conjures up memories of an old
programming language. For others, LISP has a different meaning that
is rooted in the future of Internet routing.

“LISP is an acronym for Locator ID Separation Protocol, which is
a new standard for routing under discussion at the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF). The promise of LISP is nothing less
than changing the way that traffic is routed through the Internet
to improve speed and provide routing table efficiencies.

“”LISP is more than just a feature or a protocol, it’s like a
new routing architecture,” Ritesh Mukherjee, product manager for
LISP at Cisco, told InternetNews.com. “The original idea behind
LISP was to solve the Internet’s problem of growth in Internet
routing tables in the core.”


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