OK folks. I dropped what I am doing and checked my issues they do seem to
be solved. I agree with Robert also on the getaddrinfo comment too.
good job Rich............
thanks
/jim
On Fri, 25 May 2001, Robert Elz wrote:
> Standards track is clearly right for this doc. It isn't just
> policy - in fact, it isn't really policy at all. It expressly
> says that local policy can override the rules, but otherwise
> specifies how nodes should behave, and I think specifies stuff
> that is needed for correct interoperbility.
>
> I would delete the (I think just one, but I might have missed something)
> reference to getaddrinfo() though - what is done in that func, and
> what is done elsewhere, really is a local implementation issue, and
> shouldn't be in this doc. Don't specify (to a large degree, don't
> even hint at) how or where it should be done, just that it should be.
>
> For Jim ... I think you'll find if you read the doc, that it meets your
> requirements on site-local and global addresses - it will pick addresses
> of the same scope if such addresses exist. That is, unless that has
> been overridden by the application (or something) of course - that is,
> the draft doesn't prohibit using a site local address when sending to
> a global, it just won't generate that by itself unless no global is
> available. That's how it should be I think.
>
> I happen to believe there are good reasons for sending to a global
> address from a site local - but when that's do be done it ought be
> done by the application/library/whatever deliberately, the way the
> draft has it is fine - absent other info, send to a global from a global.
>
> kre
>
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