Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 08:42:28 -0400
From: Marc Blanchet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| but anything outside of 2000::/3 has _no_ structure defined,
| so choosing something outside of 2000::/3 is worst.
No, there is structure defined at both ends of the address space already,
0000::/whatever already has the IPv4 , and ::1 addresses in it. FE00::/7
already has multicast, and link locals, and stuff.
We can easily define another small (as small or big as needed) piece
at either end there, almost as easily as we can define a piece inside
the 2000::/3 space (perhaps not quite as easily, as the former requires
an RFC, and the latter just a registry entry - but what you're writing
will become an RFC anyway won't it? So, your doc can be the one that
makes the assignment, then it can be incorporated in the next rev of
the IPv6 addressing doc, whenever that happens).
| (but only "experts" will filter anyway, no?
Yes, but that's the idea. If the address is well defined enough, the
filtering can be in the code, rather than in the user's configuration.
Then only the experts need to do it, and everyone reaps the benefit.
kre
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