From owner-freebsd-net Fri May 29 06:34:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA21374 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Fri, 29 May 1998 06:34:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from coconut.itojun.org (root@coconut.itojun.org [210.160.95.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA21319 for ; Fri, 29 May 1998 06:34:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from itojun@itojun.org) Received: from localhost (itojun@localhost.itojun.org [127.0.0.1]) by coconut.itojun.org (8.8.8+3.0Wbeta12/3.6W) with ESMTP id WAA11695; Fri, 29 May 1998 22:33:51 +0900 (JST) To: Philippe Regnauld cc: Nicholas Charles Brawn , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: regnauld's message of Fri, 29 May 1998 11:11:44 +0200. <19980529111144.52791@deepo.prosa.dk> X-Template-Reply-To: itojun@itojun.org X-Template-Return-Receipt-To: itojun@itojun.org X-PGP-Fingerprint: F8 24 B4 2C 8C 98 57 FD 90 5F B4 60 79 54 16 E2 Subject: Re: ipv6 network addresses From: Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 22:33:51 +0900 Message-ID: <11691.896448831@coconut.itojun.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> Is there an equivalent rfc (to 1918) that covers what network addresses >> you can use for internal ipv6 networks? I know that it's not really worth >> worrying about at this stage, but it would be good to know regardless. :) There's something called "site local address" defined in rfc1884. However, scoped address has so many twists. You must be very careful configuring nameservers for site local addresses. Also, there's is very hard problem for site border routers... I believe people would like to get rid of NAT when v6 is deployed, so there will be no private address, I believe... itojun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message