[address-policy-wg] Policy Proposal #eta : IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy - definition for "End-Site

On 10 Jul 2005, at 23:38, Randy Bush wrote:

> it even makes sense.  if you're not going to be on the internet,
> why the heck do you need an internet address?

RFC1918 presents credible reasons for needing an internet address,
even without a plan to connect to the Internet, and defines a
number of ranges of "site-local" IPv4 addresses which may be used.

RFC3879 deprecates "site-local" addresses for IPv6.  I'm told
that the thinking is that sites should fence off a part of their
globally-routable IPv6 assignment for any "enterprise-local"
requirements they may have.

This leads to a significant difficulty if obtaining an address
assignment is precluded by policy.  As Jeroen says,

> What should they do, use some random number?

2002:0a00/24 anyone?

I am AGAINST this policy change until the issue of "site-local" or
"enterprise-local" addressing is satisfactorily resolved.

/Niall