On Saturday 19 June 2010 at 02:41:23 Tony Li sent:
> 
> > Does a locally unique identifier provide unique identity outside of its 
> > subnetwork?
> 
> A locally unique identifier is unique only within its administrative scope.  
> That scope is NOT necessarily confined to a single subnetwork.  In many 
> cases, that might be a site and may span many subnetworks.  However, it is 
> also not global.
> 
> Tony

So the locally unique identifier is actually a privately unique identifier. Its 
uniqueness is not confined by a location scope, but by an administrative one.
And being not global means it is not public.

Identity divides into public and private. Placement – to global/universal and 
local.

Toni
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