On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Margaret Wasserman wrote: > >2.5.6 Local-Use IPv6 Unicast Addresses > > > > Routers must not forward any packets with site-local source or > > destination addresses outside of the site. > > > >This conflicts with the "treat as globals" stance. > > Not really. If we define that site-local unicast addresses can only > be used on non-globally-connected sites, there won't be any site- > border routers that need to worry about this restriction. > > But, that doesn't make the restriction false. Site-local addresses > should never be forward outside of a site.
And what about: Site-local addresses are designed to be used for addressing inside of a site without the need for a global prefix. Although a subnet ID may be up to 54-bits long, it is expected that globally-connected sites will use the same subnet IDs for site-local and global prefixes. I think if we want to go down the road discussed in this thread, I believe some (relatively minor) changes in addrarch could clarify many things. -- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
