> The solution that will work for now is make a statement in the > IETF and in industry IPv6 implementation documentation that > link-local addresses SHOULD not be used as an IPv6 address > type by applications. That link-local addresses SHOULD not be > included in the DNS. That link-local adddresses SHOULD be > restricted to IETF protocols on Hosts to perform Neighbor > Discovery, Stateless Address Configuration, DHCPv6, or other > operation protocols to bring a Host up on a network. The bottom > line is link-local address are not usable for applications. > > Would like to hear what my colleagues in IETF IPv6 WG think > about this issue?
The emails on this subject have been a revelation. I too think that we should have a statement from the IETF about the pitfalls of using LL's by applications. Is anyone working on such a statement? If not, I can volunteer to be an editor...but beware I will need a lot of support from this group. :-) CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------