From owner-freebsd-net Fri May 29 07:28:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA16897 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Fri, 29 May 1998 07:28:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA16857 for ; Fri, 29 May 1998 07:28:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA22656; Fri, 29 May 1998 14:28:12 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id QAA27070; Fri, 29 May 1998 16:27:58 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980529162637.32681@follo.net> Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 16:26:37 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ipv6 network addresses References: <19980529111144.52791@deepo.prosa.dk> <11691.896448831@coconut.itojun.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <11691.896448831@coconut.itojun.org>; from Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh on Fri, May 29, 1998 at 10:33:51PM +0900 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 10:33:51PM +0900, Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh wrote: > > >> 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... I don't agree. The use of NAT is partially to protect against attacks - if you're not routed, an attack is that much harder. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message