>> 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. > > 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.
Disagree. Normally, privacy implies that others cannot observe. In this case, a locally administered identifier is readily apparent to all correspondents. Tony _______________________________________________ rrg mailing list [email protected] http://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/rrg
