> >
> >> Before responding to the consensus call on site-local addresses, I'd
> >> like to ask one question for clarification. (As required, I changed
> >> the subject line).
> >>
> >> What was the consensus, if any, on alternatives to site-locals when SL
> >> is deprecated? In particular, which prefixes will we use for
> >> disconnected or intermittently connected "site"s? I've checked the
> >> chair's presentation slides and the draft minutes, and (roughly)
> >> followed the very recent discussion in the ML, but I cannot be sure
> >> about it.
> >
> > The concensus call was predicated on "we will find another way
> > to deal with disconnected / intermittently connected site."
> >
> > The was no concensus on how this would be achieved but there wa
> > a commitment to find a solution if site-locals were deprecated.
> >
> > There are plenty of potential ways to achieve this some of
> > which include:
> > * get a prefix for disconnected access from a ISP.
> > * set up registries.
>
> These will definitely increase the cost of owning even disconnected
> IPv6 networks.
>
> Hiroki Ishibashi
TNSTAAFL
RFC 1918 addresses cost real money to support. There are
sacrificial machines that just serve reverse lookups for
these addresses. They actually receive more traffic than
the root servers.
Site-locals will cost real money. The address will leak.
Put the costs of supporting disconnected / intermittently
connected sites back on the sites that need this fuctionality.
Having to lease a prefix will help cover the costs of
supporting the reverse lookups on leaked lookups.
Mark
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