=> This makes a lot more sense IMHO. How can we write
"MUST NOT use site-local when global addresses are available"
in a spec? I mean how can we enforce that? If we can't enforce
a "MUST" or "MUST NOT" then it shouldn't be in the spec
in the first place.
I disagree. The scoped addressing architecture will define how
scoped addresses are used on the network. It already has lots
of things in it that can't be "enforced" programmatically on a
single node, such as:

- scope boundaries are in nodes, not on links
- scopes are contiguous and convex
- smaller scopes are completely contained within
larger scopes

All of these things require that an administrator configure a
network in a way that meets these guidelines.

Similarly, we could say that site-local addresses should not be
assigned on globally-connected networks.

Besides, it would be possible (although perhaps not adviseable)
to enforce this restriction. Nodes could immediately deprecate
site-local addresses whenever a global address is configured.

Margaret



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