>>>>> On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:12:03 +0300,
>>>>> Markku Savela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I have to keep using the "node-local scope", because implementation
> architecture puts it into good use internally.
> There is some difference in link local and node local:
> - link local addresses can actually appear on the link, outside the
> node itself.
> - link local addresses need the scope id to be unique
> - node local addresses can never escape the node itself.
> So, I'm a bit puzzled why node-local was deprecated. It's a useful
> concept, even if all implementations do not put it into any good use.
Node-local was deprecated by interface-local as per RFC3513.
Interface-local has all the properties for the 'good use' you
indicated above. This is also the case for "link-local of the link
attached to a loopback interface'.
I don't know if this answers your comment, though. But in any event,
I believe the slight difference between node-local and interface-local
doesn't matter for most users.
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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