Re: Are IPv6 auto-configured addresses transient?

[Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com>]

Hemant,

On 2009-10-19 11:34, Hemant Singh (shemant) wrote:
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>> The app MAY track this info, it MAY also not :( sadly some people
>> hardcode the ip address into the application, of course you can't fix
>> that case.
> 
> Agreed.  Well, I state a simple coding mechanism above.  The apps have to do better now.  I think for such issues mentioned, some well-known proper coding practices exist. It up to BEHAVE to see what, if anything, needs specification here.  I am still not convinced a problem exists here for which the IETF has to do anything about.  I am definitely convinced on the referral IP address that Brian mentioned in that the referral needs some thought.

Please come to the GROBJ BOF in Hiroshima. Basically, I would
argue that all addresses have to be regarded in some sense
as transient (and that most applications are defective in this
respect). It's particularly acute, as Brian H said, in the
case of referrals.

http://tools.ietf.org/bof/trac/wiki/BifIETF76

  Brian Carpenter