Re: [Autoconf] RFC 5889 (Was: Call for comments to a new AUTOCONF charter proposal)

Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com> Thu, 22 July 2010 19:19 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Autoconf] RFC 5889 (Was: Call for comments to a new AUTOCONF charter proposal)
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Le 22/07/2010 17:41, Dearlove, Christopher (UK) a écrit :
> And then those link local addresses are visible beyond their local
> link.

No, my point is not understood.  The link-local addresses are not
visible beyond their local link.

When the MRs in LFN--MR--MR--MR--LFN use their link-local addresses
these are not visible beyond their respective local link.

> For some that is a problem. For others not.

If they were visible - yes, it would have been a problem, but they are not.

> All of which is irrelevant to the matter in the subject line, where
> the decision is long (though longer would have been better) made.
> Re-hashing the last N years debate gets no one anywhere.

How about if during the last N years my message could not get read?

Alex

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