Agree, sounds good. Mark's other points are also good. Tim
On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 02:46:28PM +0200, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > I quite like "address domain." It is self-referential, since > we will end up saying that unique local addresses are only valid > within the domain within which an administrator decides that they > are valid, but that is in fact all that we *can* say. > > Brian > > Mark Smith wrote: > >Hi Bob, Brian, > > > >I recently read through > > > >draft-ietf-ipv6-deprecate-site-local-03.txt > > > >and > > > >draft-ietf-ipv6-unique-local-addr-04.txt > > > >to catch up with what was happening on the topic of site locals / > >unique local addresses. > > > >It was the first time I'd read > >draft-ietf-ipv6-deprecate-site-local-03.txt. I found it to be a > >good explanation of the issues that site local addresses, and > >more broadly, the issues overlapping address spaces cause. > > > >One of the criticisms it points out was the disagreement about > >what the word "site" means. > > > >I then re-read draft-ietf-ipv6-unique-local-addr-04.txt. What > >struck me about this draft is that it seems to quite often use > >the word "site" in just as fuzzy way that > >draft-ietf-ipv6-deprecate-site-local-03.txt criticises. > > > >For example, I find that the use of the word "site" in the > >characteristics list part of the Introduction really starts to > >imply the limitation that these addresses can only be used for > >addressing geographical sites, as to me, the word "site" has a > >default geographical connotation. > > > >I'd like to suggest the use of the more generic term "address > >domain" as an alternative to the use of "site" in > >draft-ietf-ipv6-unique-local-addr-04.txt. > > > >As "address domain" is a more generic term, I think there would > >also be some value adding some text giving examples of different > >sizes or types of "address domains". A geographic site would be > >one example. A mobile Personal Area Network (eg. a bluetooth / > >wireless enabled mobile/cell phone) could be another. > > > >Some alternatives to "address domain" might be "address area", > >"address group" or "address zone". I think each of these terms > >can be used to describe a set of devices that are sharing a > >common unique local address prefix, without implying any specific > >range or size or number. > > > >The bluetooth enabled phone with a camera scenario is what caused > >me to think about this. I recently witnessed a photograph being > >sent between two of these phones, just using bluetooth, without > >any carrier or carrier addressing involved (well, I don't know > >all that much about bluetooth, I'm presuming that phones have > >bluetooth addresses assigned in the factory, rather than via the > >carrier). Thinking about how that could be achieved using IPv6 > >over bluetooth (or some other wireless technology), I'd think > >unique local addressing would be the solution. Using the > >word "site" in this context, when discussion unique local > >addressing and mobile phone users, would seem a bit silly to me > >:-) > > > >Regards, > >Mark. > > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
