I support this change and the new text.
Mark. > At 01:53 PM 11/12/2002 +0100, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > >Unfortunately it's too late to catch the addressing architecture > >document unless we recall it from the RFC Editor and cycle it > >through the IESG again. But I propose that we do exactly that, > >in order to change the following paragraph in section 2.5.6: > > > >Current text: > > > > > Site-local addresses are designed to be used for addressing inside of > > > a site without the need for a global prefix. Although a subnet ID > > > may be up to 54-bits long, it is expected that globally-connected > > > sites will use the same subnet IDs for site-local and global > > > prefixes. > > > >Proposed new text: > > > > Site-local addresses are designed to be used for addressing inside of > > a site which is not connected to the Internet and therefore does not > > need a global prefix. They must not be used for a site that is connected > > to the Internet. Using site-local addresses, a subnet ID may be up to > > 54-bits long, but it is recommended to use at most 16-bit subnet IDs, > > for convenience if the site is later connected to the Internet using a > > global prefix. > > > >Otherwise, we will need a whole new RFC just for this paragraph. > > > >Alternatively, we could spend the next 5 years discussing the > >unnecessary complexities of using site-locals on connected sites. > > > > Brian > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > >IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > >FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > >Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------