that application seems to scream for "real", i.e. provider-assigned globally unique addresses -- I don't think this is where limited range ("local") addresses should be used?
--On Thursday, August 07, 2003 20:09 +0300 Mika Liljeberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've been working on implementing IPv6 for multi-access capable cell phones. The number game gets rather different if you start with the assumption of maybe 1 billion multi-access terminals deployed world-wide within the next few years. This quickly leads to the conclusion that anything not guaranteed to be unique must be treated as ambiguous. Unless uniqueness can be guaranteed, I don't see a way around the requirement of having a fully scoped IPv6 implementation in these terminals. Any host operating system that tries to enable users to take full advantage of wireless connectivity will be faced with the same dilemma. Ditto application developers.
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