In your previous mail you wrote: >=> I disagree: the problem still exists but in a different form: to make >a network map/topology you need to bind link-local and global addresses. <end snip> Not sure. Why do you assume that the global address tells you anything about location?
=> it doesn't tell anything about location, it tells something about routers and their routes. Don't forget that IGPs fully work with link-local addresses only. It would be better to have something that maps identities of devices and at his turn potentially maps it into some kind of topologies. => you can't query a router if you have only its link-local address(es) and you are not on (one of) its link(s). It would be interesting however to have awareness of who is attached and with which addresses (a use example would be for ISP billing purposes). => and legal requirements for ISPs in Europe. There are techniques out there that allow this to be done, but i doubt if we need a protocol for this purpose as such. => network discovery is not for ISPs (if your ISP needs it, I suggest to change for another one)... It is for the poor new network manager who has only far from up to date maps of his network and needs to fix it Friday evening. Regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
