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

["Matt Crawford" <crawdad at fnal.gov>]

> > All right, how do you make internal site communications completely
> > oblivious to a change in your externally-visible routing prefix?
> 
> You declare that any app that keeps connections around for more than
> some time period T (say for 30 days) have a mechanism for
> detecting and recovering from prefix changes. That solves the
> problem for all apps, not just for local apps. 

Ah, well, if we're allowed to solve problems by fiat, let's just
declare that everyone "do the right thing" about site-local
addresses, automatically drop unauthorized packets, end hunger and
violence, and brush their teeth.