Hemant, On 2009-10-19 11:34, Hemant Singh (shemant) wrote: ... >> The app MAY track this info, it MAY also not :( sadly some people >> hardcode the ip address into the application, of course you can't fix >> that case. > > Agreed. Well, I state a simple coding mechanism above. The apps have to do > better now. I think for such issues mentioned, some well-known proper coding > practices exist. It up to BEHAVE to see what, if anything, needs > specification here. I am still not convinced a problem exists here for which > the IETF has to do anything about. I am definitely convinced on the referral > IP address that Brian mentioned in that the referral needs some thought.
Please come to the GROBJ BOF in Hiroshima. Basically, I would argue that all addresses have to be regarded in some sense as transient (and that most applications are defective in this respect). It's particularly acute, as Brian H said, in the case of referrals. http://tools.ietf.org/bof/trac/wiki/BifIETF76 Brian Carpenter -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
