> - The longest matching algorithm is not so meaningful in the > destination address ordering.
Well, I think it is quite meaningful. It can certainly go awry (per your earlier example), but I think more commonly it will be helpful. For example, if node A is part of a multihomed site and so has two global address P::a and Q::a (from ISP's P and Q) and node B is connected via ISP P and so has the global address P::b, then when node B connects to node A the longest-matching prefix heuristic in the destination address ordering will cause node B to first try P::a and then Q::a. Rich -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
