Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Aug 2, 2011, at 9:52 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:

> In message <CAJvB4tnPS4CsJSf37sc4a4mqOx0UuWKvPNiEcoFqaLXOwk+VmA () mail gmail com>
> , Blake Dunlap writes:
> > Or, alternately, don't care what your printer's ridiculously long IPv6 IP is
> > at this moment, (ULA/GUA/assigned: it really doesn't matter) and use mdns
> > like normal people. Otherwise we're ignoring the forest for the trees, I
> > don't expect to try to explain to my grandma how to type in
> > 2001:45ea:344b:dead:beef::27 and/or remember it, when "printer1" will do.
> >
> > This just makes me think of this: http://bash.org/?14258
> >
> > If we need a way to mdns to work across subnet boundries in a single
> > administrative domain, so be it. If we need a better mdns, lets make that
> > too, but we *really* need to get away from direct IPs in general.
>
> You are totally missing the point which is that the printer has a
> *routable* address when the home, with possibly multiple subnets,
> is disconnected or has never connected to the global network.
>
> link-locals are insufficient for a routed home.

I get that and I have that with GUA without resorting to ULA.

Owen

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