Re: Thinking differently about the site local problem (was: RE: site local addresses (was Re: Fw: Welcome to the InterNAT...))

[Keith Moore <moore at cs.utk.edu>]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 11:51:10 -0800
"Tony Hain" <alh-ietf at tndh.net> wrote:

> Margaret Wasserman wrote:
> > Of course, in the case of site-local addresses, you don't 
> > know for sure that you reached the _correct_ peer, unless you 
> > know for sure that the node you want to reach is in your 
> > site.  
> 
> Since the address block is ambiguous, routing will assure that if you
> reach a node it is the correct one. This FUD needs to stop!

NO, Tony.  The addresses get passed around in other places than the IP
header, where routers cannot block it.  This isn't FUD, it's reality. 
And the disinformation needs to stop.

Keith