[Interop-dev] NetJSON: clarify what an ID is
    Juliusz Chroboczek 
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    Tue Aug 11 19:20:19 CEST 2015
    
    
  
> an ID is the way a router/node is identified in "NetworkRoutes" and
> "NetworkGraph", it can be any string.
Should it be a printable string, or a binary blob?  Babel's Router-IDs are
64-bit binary blobs, they are printed out as 12:ab:34:cd:56:ef.
> Probably routes in NetworkRoutes should expect addresses only and avoid
> confusion with router IDs,
Babel uses a next-hop address and an originating Router-ID.
> In NetworkGraph instead, source and target should probably allow the usage
> of router IDs.
What happens if a neighbouring router has multiple interfaces?
-- Juliusz
    
    
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