The IPv6 emerged as a result of the growth of the internet at an
unprecedented scale along with the depletion of IPv4 addresses. Only when the mobility and multihoming are implemented into the system can the full benefits of the system be reaped. But the need for security in internetworking protocols and the above goals contradict eaxh other. decoupling of and mapping between the identity of the host and its topological location is required by the internetwork consisting of mobile,
multihomed and secure end-points . The Host Identity Protocol (HIP) is a protocol which is notable among the ones suitable for the above mentioned purposes. In this protocol, the distributed identity of the
communicating entity over the nodes is revealed in the process of a joint ownership of the Host Identifier (HI) by many nodes. In this article a framework is proposes for the distributed identity on the basis of the HIP protocol and architecture. Also, the framework is compared with the pre-existing protocols. The important applications of the framework are also discussed and they are eveluated in the current internetworks. The advantages and disadvantages of the framework are also discussed.
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