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Re: [v6ops] Scope of Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses (Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-gont-6man-ipv6-ula-scope-00.txt)

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Mon, 15 February 2021 00:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Scope of Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses (Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-gont-6man-ipv6-ula-scope-00.txt)
To: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
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From: Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com>
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On 13/2/21 17:45, Ted Lemon wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2021, at 3:15 PM, Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com 
> <mailto:fgont@si6networks.com>> wrote:
>> Well, other addresses also share the same property -- they are valid, 
>> but they identify a different thing -- an interface in a different 
>> subnet.  e.g., address fe80::1 is valid on avery single network 
>> segment -- but the issue is that, en each of them, it most likely 
>> identifies a different thing. -- and that comes from the uniqueness 
>> property.
> 
> Yes, but a local address is never valid to forward, by definition. 

That's not correct. SIte-local were indeed forward-dable.

You're probably thinking about link-locals.
(Small detail aside: IIRC they seem to be actually forwardable if they 
are forwarded onto the same link (but not across links)).


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