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RE: Link-local IPv6 addresses in the DNS

Christian Huitema <huitema@microsoft.com> Wed, 23 November 2011 03:28 UTC

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From: Christian Huitema <huitema@microsoft.com>
To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, Philip Homburg <pch-6man-1a@u-1.phicoh.com>
Subject: RE: Link-local IPv6 addresses in the DNS
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> IMHO link-local should be used only for bootstrapping a host and for diagnostic purposes. I guess I could statically configure a printer on fe00::a%1 if I really had no choice.

I would rather not rely on DNS for that. Local discovery protocols like UPNP look more adequate to the task of printer discovery.

-- Christian Huitema

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