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Re: IPv6 Link-Local Use Issue for Applications

To: "Bound, Jim" <jim.bound@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: IPv6 Link-Local Use Issue for Applications
From: Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:26:42 -0400
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:00:36 -0400
"Bound, Jim" <jim.bound@hp.com> wrote:

> The solution that will work for now is make a statement in the 
> IETF and in industry IPv6 implementation documentation that 
> link-local addresses SHOULD not be used as an IPv6 address 
> type by applications. 

agree emphatically.  LL should only be used by special-purpose apps that are
aware of LL and its limitations.

(and no, LLMNR doesn't solve the problem.  LLMNR in its current form is a
worse mistake than Site Local.)
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