> I think that we should keep site-local addresses in the > addressing architecture, but limit their use to non-globally- > connected IPv6 networks.
the problem is that even a network that isn't connected directly to the global internet may have nodes that communicate with other nodes that are connected to the global internet (say through private connections to other networks). so the constraint you propose doesn't relieve apps of the need to be aware of site-locals and network topology. site-locals would be okay for truly isolated networks. the trouble is getting people to understand that isolated really does mean not connected to any other networks. RFC 1918 wouldn't have caused so many problems if people had heeded the limitations imposed on its use. Keith -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
