> > The default is still to use public addresses not temporary > addresses, > > although implementations MAY reverse this default if they want to > > emphasize privacy over application compatibility. > > I don't think it's reasonable to allow host implementations > to reverse this default - this will break apps. > > the default should always be to use public addresses. > apps that can use temp addresses SHOULD ask for them.
You don't know what applications are running on the host implementation and whether they will break or not. For some implementations, it MAY be reasonable to prefer temporary addresses. 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
