> Mark,
>
> > > Please think about this for a minute. It's bad enough for
> > > applications that are driven by a human who can type or click or
> > > whatever from a list of possible scopes, but what do you do for
> > > programs like MTAs? If you're longing for a return to the days of
> > > fee!fie%foe@fum email addresess (or even
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]#Chaos),
> > > you're on the right road.
> >
> > No Rob.
> >
> > I'm talking about 1 name with multiple addresses being
> > returned in multiple scopes. I'm taking about having
> > getaddrinfo() then filter out the inappropriate addresses
> > using local knowledge and setting sin6_scope_id.
> > This deals with 99.9% of address lookup.
>
> We have not even agreed on what sin6_scope_ID is? It is also now
> deprecated for futher study in this wg in the base API except for
> link-local and in the IEEE. So how can you justify putting it in the
> DNS except as research? Did not we all learn from AAAAv6?
>
> Can you define what you mean by "local knowledge"
A mapping table between scope name (in the DNS) and sin6_scope_ID
(being the 32 bit value that being used by the node to identify
that site / link).
> How does DNS know that scope applies to the node that did the
> getaddrinfo if it don't know? Which all but a few implementations know
> today and I have many questions for those that say they do.
>
> Regards,
> /jim
>
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