thanks /jim [In matters of style, swim with the currents...in matters of principle, stand like a rock. - Thomas Jefferson]
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Mark.Andrews@;isc.org] > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:42 PM > To: Bound, Jim > Cc: Rob Austein; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Limiting the Use of Site-Local > > > > > 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 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
