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>]

> > 	Are the apps for which IPv6 is enabled that -can not-
> > 	use address literals?  If so, then Steve is wrong and
> > 	the DNS has become critical infrastructure to the working
> > 	of the Internet.
> 
> anyone who believes that the DNS is not critical infrastructure for just 
> about every single purpose the Internet is used for is either living in a 
> fantasy world or has redefined the "Internet" to be something that's 
> strictly at layer 3 and below.

agreed.  but there's a difference between saying that DNS is critical
infrastructure and that it's appropriate to use DNS every time an address is
needed.  DNS is necessary, not sufficient.

Keith