new issue: [LL38] Remove vestigial link-local only device text
Erik Guttman <[email protected]> Fri, 05 Dec 2003 16:40:06 +0100
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We need to evaluate whether to make this change. =========================================================================== Description of Issue Remove vestigial link-local only device text Submitter Name Thomas Narten Submitter Email Address [email protected] Date first submitted 04 Nov 03 Reference Comment Type ['T'echnical | 'E'ditorial] T Priority ['S' Must fix | '1' Should fix | '2' May fix ] S Section 2.8 Rationale/Explanation of issue: Lengthy description of problem: Section 2.8 includes some wording that I suspect is a vestige of earlier text. E.g.: > The non-forwarding rule is important because it is expected that > Link-Local-only devices will often be simple devices of the kind that > currently use X10 [X10], USB [USB] or FireWire [1394]. The non-forwarding reason is justified for lots of reasons, and has little to do with LL-only devices. Second, there is text that talks about LL-only devices, and how it is important for them that LL traffic not be forwarded off-link. That text is also suspect, because this document is not really about supporting LL-only devices. The issue applies to any application jusing LL addresses. Also if someone wants to build a LL-only device, that is their issue, but this document doesn't need to explicitely mention that case. Thus, text about LL only devices should just be removed. Third, there is text that suggests simultaneous use of LL and global addressing (i.e., pick global if one wants to talk beyond the router, use LL to restrict communication). This text is also inconsistent with the recommendation to use LL only when another address is not available. I actually went about trying to come up with replacement text, but concluded that all of the existing text in 2.8 (except for the first paragraph) should just be deleted instead. Requested Change: Delete all of the existing text in 2.8 (except for the first paragraph).