Re: IAB and "private" numbering

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>]

In message <4377924E.109 () peter-dambier de>, Peter Dambier writes:
> Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
> >
> ...
> > I don't believe there is a 'rfc1918' in v6 (yet), I agree that it doesn't
> > seem relevant, damaging perhaps though :)
>
> Yes, there was rfc1918 in IPv6 right from the beginning:
>
> Site local addresses "0xF80" dont leave a site. They can be routed within
> a site but they never get outside. Just like rfc1918 addresses do.

Yes, and site-local addresses have been removed from the spec, because 
of the many problems they cause.

                --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb