] > i can't see your logic that when some hosts "stupidly" using 10.x.x.x
 ] > address, it actually penalized the hosts/applications who don't use
 ] > them.
 ] 
 ] it penalizes all hosts because applications are written for the common 
 ] case.  any app that can't work with scoped addresses has a 
 ] substantially reduced market.  and in order to make apps work with 
 ] scoped addresses it often requires considerably more complexity in the 
 ] app, additional infrastructure, etc.  so even when the apps work the 
 ] apps cost more.

ok, but if any special routing support for SL is removed, then the only
thing left is a private address space for SL. as in ipv4 case, i'm not
aware of any application treating 10.x.x.x addr any different from the
global routable ones.

 ] 
 ] >  if your point is the global reachable hosts can't directly reach
 ] > those private hosts, well, that is part of the purpose to use
 ] > private addresses.
 ] 
 ] people want it both ways.  they want private hosts to be able to 
 ] participate in apps that reach outside the local net, and they want 
 ] those hosts to be protected from external threats.  but address scoping 
 ] is the wrong tool for this problem.
 ] 

- Naiming
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