Re: draft-ietf-ipv6-ula-central-02.txt

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
> Thus spake <michael.dillon@bt.com>
>>> A site is a network of computers with a single administration,
>>> this can mean indeed a major corporation (who maybe even
>>> require multiple /48's which is why rfc4193 is a bit off to cover
>>> those cases)
>> 
>> Where has the IETF redefined the meaning of the word "site"?
>> In plain English, this word refers to a distinct physical location such
>> as an office or building or campus.
>
> This has been a longstanding problem in the IETF; in fact, the inability to 
> agree on what "site" means was one of the reasons SLAs were deprecated.  The 
> word "site" is often abused to mean "administrative domain" rather than 
> "physical location" due to the ISP-centric nature of the IETF and RIRs. It's 
> virtually impossible to tell, in any particular context, which meaning an 
> author meant.  We need to stop using the word entirely...

why does it mather if it is physical site, administrative domain (eh how 
can anyone interprent that as a site?!) or a room, company etc... why not 
leave that upto those that try to use it?

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