Re: Strange use of link-local

2013-05-29 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 29/05/2013 11:57, Michael Sweet wrote: > Brian, > > On 2013-05-28, at 4:38 PM, Brian E Carpenter > wrote: >> I'm increasingly baffled by the use case. If the host is >> in a context where it can reach a server *and* has more than >> one interface (such that a ZoneID is needed at all), it >> s

Re: Strange use of link-local (was: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6874 (3630))

2013-05-28 Thread Tim Chown
On 29 May 2013, at 00:57, Michael Sweet wrote: > Brian, > > On 2013-05-28, at 4:38 PM, Brian E Carpenter > wrote: >> I'm increasingly baffled by the use case. If the host is >> in a context where it can reach a server *and* has more than >> one interface (such that a ZoneID is needed at all),

Re: Strange use of link-local (was: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6874 (3630))

2013-05-28 Thread Michael Sweet
Brian, On 2013-05-28, at 4:38 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > I'm increasingly baffled by the use case. If the host is > in a context where it can reach a server *and* has more than > one interface (such that a ZoneID is needed at all), it > shouldn't be using a link local address anyway - it > s

Strange use of link-local (was: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6874 (3630))

2013-05-28 Thread Brian E Carpenter
I'm increasingly baffled by the use case. If the host is in a context where it can reach a server *and* has more than one interface (such that a ZoneID is needed at all), it shouldn't be using a link local address anyway - it should have configured a global scope address (possibly under a ULA prefi