Re: [Autoconf] Updated ad hoc addressing model document

Hi Charlie,

I think you overlook something. Getting unique addresses
applies to any address that should be unique :-).

Why could we assume that non-link-local addresses work great
with almost no effort?

Regards, Teco

>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: autoconf-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:autoconf-bounces@ietf.org] Namens
>Charles E. Perkins
>Verzonden: vrijdag 29 januari 2010 22:03
>Aan: Templin, Fred L
>CC: autoconf@ietf.org; 'Thomas Heide Clausen'
>Onderwerp: Re: [Autoconf] Updated ad hoc addressing model document
>
>
>Hello again folks,
>
>I should have mentioned that, of course, link-locals
>work great with almost no effort, if one can assume
>unique L2 addresses.  Mea culpa!
>
>And, as I mentioned before, I think it would be a
>really good idea for link-local proponents to write
>up a document (perhaps only one paragraph)
>saying pretty much exactly that.
>
>Regards,
>Charlie P.
>
>
>On 1/29/2010 12:46 PM, Charles E. Perkins wrote:
>>
>> Hello Fred,
>>
>> On 1/29/2010 10:10 AM, Templin, Fred L wrote:
>>>
>>> I believe OSPFv3 for one is going to need link-locals
>>> when it is used as a MANET routing protocol. (That is
>>> not to say that OSPFv3 can only carry IPv6 routes; it
>>> can also use Address Family extensions to carry IPv4
>>> routes.)
>>
>> I'd like to see how they are going to do it.
>>
>> For all the discussion about how some people really
>> really need link-locals, I somehow missed the part
>> about how they were really going to be able to do
>> it -- except under highly restrictive circumstances
>> (e.g., single hop from backbone, ...).  But, full disclosure
>> here, I didn't follow the OSPF effort very well.  At one
>> point, when I was paying attention, it seemed to me that
>> they were trying to do the right thing.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Charlie P.
>>
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