On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Bound, Jim wrote: > and that has produced horror not warm and fuzzy.
Exactly: horror to thow who know what they're about, warm and fuzzy who think they're safe. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pekka Savola [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 10:02 AM > > To: Bound, Jim > > Cc: Michel Py; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bob Hinden; Steven M. > > Bellovin; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Fwd: IPv6 Scoped Addresses and Routing Protocols > > > > > > On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Bound, Jim wrote: > > > > > I don't do warm and fuzzy in the IETF. [...] > > > > My point exactly. I believe site-locals as a serious security measure > > mainly provide a "warm fuzzy feeling" like NAT does with IPv4 today. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Pekka Savola [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 6:20 AM > > > > To: Michel Py > > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bob Hinden; Steven M. Bellovin; > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: Fwd: IPv6 Scoped Addresses and Routing Protocols > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Michel Py wrote: > > > > > > If there is widespread deployment of systems with > > site-local only > > > > > > addresses, this will in turn drive the creation of ipv6 NAT > > > > > > specifically to give them external connectivity.. > > > > > > > > > > That looks like a solution without a problem. To give > > these hosts > > > > > connectivity you just have both the site-local and the > > > > global address. > > > > > Since NAT would not bring anything to the table why > > > > implement it in the > > > > > first place? > > > > > > > > To give folks that think IPv4 private addresses provide security > > > > (especially wrt. incoming connections) a smooth transition > > > > path to IPv6 > > > > and "warm fuzzy feeling". > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, > > > > Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" > > > > Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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] > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, > > Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" > > Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords > > > > > -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
