>Unfortunately it's too late to catch the addressing architecture
>document unless we recall it from the RFC Editor and cycle it
>through the IESG again. But I propose that we do exactly that,
>in order to change the following paragraph in section 2.5.6:
>
>Current text:
>
>> 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'm happy with the change.
itojun
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