At 08:31 AM 7/29/2003, BELOEIL Luc FTRD/DMI/CAE wrote: >at last IETF meeting (Vienna), I have understood that Christian Huitema was proposing >not to deprecate well-know site-local addresses used for recursive DNS servers. As a >consequence, such a solution could also be taken into account in our discussion. > >I would like to have the opinion of this working group about that point.
Why continue this insistent attempt to invent new methods when there is a well-defined method (stateless-DHCP) that has widespread support? First reason why this new alternative is a bad idea: The definition of well-known addresses for each Internet service is not the way the Internet works. A very strong analysis would be expected to embark on such a radical reinvention. Second reason: Site-local addresses are contentious, to say the least. A large fraction, if not rough consensus (see Tony Hain's rebuttal), agrees that site-local addresses cause more trouble than they are worth. Third reason: The number of special site-local addresses would limit the number of DNS servers that could be made available to clients. Fourth reason: For each special site-local address, the local network administration would have to configure appropriate routing - a non-trivial effort. Fifth reason: This approach would not work for the case in which a subscriber uses a DNS server provided by his service provider. The subscriber's site and the provider's site are likely often different. John #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
