> > 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. > > > > No, Mark, it doesn't, because the party that calls getaddrinfo > > isn't necessarily the same as the party (and doesn't share the same > > scopes as the party) that uses the addressees. > > List the number of application thay just lookup a address > then connect. > > Now list the number of applications that lookup a address > for a third party. > > My bet is that the result will be over 1000 to 1.
a. the # of applications is not a good indicator of the effect on the internet's utility b. there are tens of thousands of apps that most of us have never heard of, that are vital for some purpose or another. the value of the internet is not just in being able to support the apps that everyone has heard of, it's in its flexibility to support a wide variety of communications needs > Also if you read the mail I admitted that there was a class > of applictation where getaddrinfo() is not enough. That > those applications would need a different API to look up > the addresses (or call the DNS directly). > > However that class of application could still determine > approriate remote SL to use by matching against the scope name > in the SA6 record and returning the address along with the > scope name. yes, but that's still trying to teach a pig to sing. giving the pig sheet music might help, but not much. > > there are numerous good reasons that many apps do NOT do a DNS lookup > > each time they want to contact another host. > > Which is irrelevent as to whether a address is in the DNS or > not. it's just one reason why putting SLs in the DNS won't solve the problems associated with SLs. 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
