Question on address configuration

Michael Richardson mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca
Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:26:39 -0500


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>>>>> "Nick" == Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> writes:
    Nick> Everything you said is true, but I would add the small postscript
    Nick> that in 99% of the cases where you would find it truly desirable to
    Nick> set up a well known address, you would be better off making that
    Nick> address site-local rather than based on the (routable) prefix. Your

  I agree.

  But it doesn't change the fact that I have to put something in my parent
zone's NS record, and I'd rather it was stable - this is a consideration
independant of address renumbering. This has to do with surviving hardware
failures, etc...

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