Hi All,

        Maybe, but I think most Network administrators understand that using
guess-what-I-hijacked addresses is risky. Instead I bet you'll see them
rolling their own NATv6 solutions. It's lot easier for us v4-ish
old-timers to understand than some of what I've read here today :-)

-JB-

Michel Py wrote:
> 
> Margaret,
> 
> > But, why make them inherently private, non-routable
> > addresses? If we come up with a reasonable way to
> > allocate globally-unique, provider-independent
> > addresses, is there a reason to require that they
> > be non-globally-routable?
> 
> Network administrators want private (read: not publicly routable)
> addresses. Telling them that they are full of it is not going to change
> this, and if they don't have them what you will get instead of
> well-known-private is guess-what-I-hijacked private. Take your pick.
> 
> > There is some work underway in multi6 regarding
> > mechanisms for provider-independent allocation
> > of globally routable addresses. Wouldn't that be
> > better?
> 
> There is no work currently underway in multi6. Multi6 is not chartered
> to develop solutions.
> 
> Michel.
> 
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