ipv6 addressing - non-routable equivalents?

[Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet]

>The widespread adoption of MAC-based addressing has some serious hurdles
>to overcome.  In the meantime, I don't see why more traditional schemes
>can't continue to be used or be discouraged in favor of MAC-based
>addressing.

  I don't see why you try to make "us" believe that there is a problem?
  
  No part of the IPv6 Addressing Architecture requires the use of this MAC
  address magic. In fact the whole system is designed to work perfectly
  *without* that mechanism, including a mandatory mechanism to detect
  duplicate interface addresses within the same prefix space (as may
  happen due to manual and/or DHCP-style configuration activity ;-).
  
  There is more than one IF type around these days, which does not have a
  MAC address. Still those links can be used, even using autoconfiguration
  (e.g. serial links :-).
  
  And there is a draft which deals with security issues in using the
  MAC-address based magic. 
  
  And there is a draft that deals with ICPMv6 based revDNS functionality.

  So what. Come on, reality check, please....
  -WW
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