> Keith, you don't get my point. The requirement for site-local is because
> someone or something can mess up packet filtering. It is in *addition*
> of the packet filtering. In an airplane, one level of security does not
> take off.

that's bogus.  filtering SLs has exactly the same vulnerabilities as 
filtering globals or any other pattern of bits.    some routers will
have to filter SLs, others will have to pass them, so there is always
the potential that this bit of configuration can be corrupted.
you can put as many levels to filter globals based on prefix as you
put to filter SLs, and at the same cost.

actually this particular use of SL wouldn't bother me at all as
long as you don't impose SLs on passengers or an external network -
because almost none of this is going to use off-the-shelf hardware
or software but it's also true that SLs don't give you additional 
security. nor do they make your job any easier.

Keith
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