Mobile objects in a distributed system can potentially provide many
benefits, but before they can be used the system must have an efficient and
reliable method of finding them. The forwarding address method
provides a natural and efficient method of finding such objects particularly
in a large system. The main difficulty with this method is its vulnerability
to the loss of forwarding addresses due to failure.
An implementation of this method as a system service is described, with
particular reference to the protocol needed for communication between a
large number of such servers. Which is a reliably delivered message.
Possible methods of making the forwarding address method more reliable
are examined, and testing using simulation to determine the degree of
enhanced reliability provided.