rich,
but unlike the other two uses yours has alternatives like using IPsec.
yours is a weaker reason for them as the reason was for private addresses in
IPv4.
/jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Richard Draves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday,February 16,2001 1:08 PM
> To: Erik Nordmark; Paul Francis
> Cc: Robert Elz; Brian E Carpenter; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: another renumbering question
>
>
> > I think there are two motivations for site-locals (that not
> everybody
> > agrees with):
> > 1. For sites that are isolated i.e. do not have a global prefix.
> > 2. To completely isolate traffic local to a site from
> > site-renumbering events.
>
> Let me add a third motivation - site-local addresses allow for very
> simple security policies or filters. For example the default
> configuration for a file server might be to provide service only to
> site-local clients.
>
> Rich
>
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