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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)

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Sat, 13 February 2021 20:45 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 15:45:20 -0500
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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)
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On Feb 13, 2021, at 3:15 PM, Fernando Gont <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 what I mean by “by definition.”

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