In message <[email protected]> Brian E Carpenter writes: > Synthesise a pseudo-TLD from the ULA prefix. > > Brian
If the whole ULA is used, then the scope is single host. If the ULA prefix is used, then the scope is all reachable ULA which is the same as sitelocal but with an obscure name. Curtis > On 01/08/2012 15:17, Curtis Villamizar wrote: > > In message <[email protected]> > > Brian E Carpenter writes: > > > >> On 01/08/2012 05:48, Curtis Villamizar wrote: > >> ... > >>> fridge.sitelocal. is a FQDN with site local scope. > >> > >> And therefore intrinsically evil, just like 10.0.0.0/8 is intrinsically > >> evil. > >> > >> IMHO we shouldn't be discussing how to make it work less badly; we should > >> be discussing how to avoid it entirely. > >> > >> Brian > > > > > > Brian, > > > > Not being connected to the Internet and not having any configuration > > at all might also be intrinsically evil, but that's the situation when > > a consumer takes some gadget out of the box. > > > > What we are trying to accomplish with the sitelocal is a way to name > > things on a local network that have no domain name assigned through a > > registry and have not had a domain name assigned as part of some > > subdomain of the provider. > > > > Even if the homenet WG was extremely thoroughthe gadget did 100% of > > what we specify and implemented everything perfectly, we can't control > > the user who almost never has a domain name of their own or the ISP > > that can't be bothered delegating some subdomain of theirs to a > > customer. The customer then has no global domain to hang names off of > > and has no choice but to not use DNS or make use of a sitelocal domain > > with site local scope. > > > > So sitelocal is inherently needed, either during a transition (until > > the uplink comes up at least for the first time and a domain name is > > learned) or permanently (if no domain name ever gets delegated to the > > residential customer site). > > > > Curtis > > > > > > ps - Yes - it is inherently evil. So is not delegating rDNS IMHO. > > But we can't control those MSO and ILEC residential ISPs. _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
