On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Keith Moore wrote:
> > (I don't think too many people would even want to register site-locals in
> > the _global_ reverse DNS, queriable by anyone -- remember, they're not to
> > be used globally, 
> 
> no, it doesn't follow.  
> 
> it seems to me that the thing we need to do is to not to try to prevent
> leakage, but to make sure that leaked addresses don't cause harm.

I could live with that.

> if we actually had globally unique site-locals, I don't see why we should
> try to stop people listing them in DNS. 

"There is no free lunch."

The whole concept of trying to put something like that in the reverse DNS
(possibly meaning a flat space) makes my head hurt.

At first sight, the cost seems _way_ too high, and profit borne only by
few.

-- 
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



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