> > You can get verifiably unique addresses if you go through the
> > registration procedure. So, if you follow the good housekeeping
rules,
> > you should never encounter the bug you mention.
>
> Though I'd also ask: "Claim portions of WHAT network?" I'm talking
about
> *local* addresses, which by definition and design are not valid for
use on
> the global internet (and those nice little filters we want to mandate
help
> discourage people from trying).
>
> Sure, you can claim large tracts of local space, for all the good that
> does
> you ("I declare that this 60% of this sandbox is now MINE."), but the
> approximately unique property is primarily designed to make it much
eaiser
> to merge local networks. So you only need to be piecewise unique with
> people with whom you might want to create a local VPN.
Andrew, the draft has provision for both "registered unique local
addresses" and "probably unique local addresses". The registered unique
addresses are not valid on the Internet, but they definitely will not
collide with other addresses.
-- Christian Huitema
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