I also totally agree. /jim [In matters of style, swim with the currents....in matters of principle, stand like a rock. - Thomas Jefferson]
> -----Original Message----- > From: Pekka Savola [mailto:pekkas@;netcore.fi] > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:31 AM > To: Brian Haberman > Cc: Margaret Wasserman; Brian E Carpenter; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Proposal for site-local clean-up > > > On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Brian Haberman wrote: > > Margaret Wasserman wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> Current text: > > > > > > > > > Hi Brian, > > > > > >> > 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. > > >> > > >> Proposed new text: > > >> > > >> Site-local addresses are designed to be used for > addressing inside of > > >> a site which is not connected to the Internet and > therefore does not > > >> need a global prefix. They must not be used for a > site that is > > >> connected > > >> to the Internet. Using site-local addresses, a subnet > ID may be up to > > >> 54-bits long, but it is recommended to use at most > 16-bit subnet IDs, > > >> for convenience if the site is later connected to the > Internet using a > > >> global prefix. > > > > > > > > > I would support this change. However, I doubt that we will get > > > consensus to make this change before the addressing > architecture is > > > issued as an RFC. I guess we'll see how things develop > in Atlanta. > > > > > >> Alternatively, we could spend the next 5 years discussing the > > >> unnecessary complexities of using site-locals on connected sites. > > > > > > > > > This is _exactly_ what I am hoping to avoid. > > > > > > Let's limit site-locals to the well-understood case, and focus on > > > solving the real problems: > > > > > > - Getting IPv6 finalized and ready for wide-scale > deployment > > > - Multi-homing > > > - Renumbering > > > - Security model for shared IPv4/IPv6 networks > > > > I agree with Brian and Margaret. > > Also totally agree. > > -- > 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] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
