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Re: encoding link ID in link-local addrs (Re: about violation of standards) - problem statement

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Fri, 26 April 2019 04:32 UTC

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Subject: Re: encoding link ID in link-local addrs (Re: about violation of standards) - problem statement
To: Philip Homburg <pch-ipv6-ietf-6@u-1.phicoh.com>, ipv6@ietf.org
Cc: Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com>
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Regards
   Brian Carpenter

On 25-Apr-19 21:48, Philip Homburg wrote:
...
> The main example you gave is somebody typing IPv6 literals while sitting in a
> car. 

Indeed, we said from the very beginning (I mean 1994) that users should never be required to type in IPv6 addresses.

Is this so hard to avoid? In my browser, I can simply type "fritzy" and it takes me to the user interface of my Fritz box. In my hosts file, I added a line like:
fd63:45be:cd14:0:be05:43ff:fe8e:ce39 fritzy

Or I can ping fritzy.

It's easy enough to give simple names to predefined magic addresses.

   Brian

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