linux-kernel - Re: [Lksctp-developers] [PATCH] IPv6: ipv6_addr_type() doesn't know about RFC4193 addresses

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Message-ID: <46A8E399.70806@hp.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:10:33 -0400
From:	Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>
To:	Dave Johnson <djohnson+linux-kernel@...starentnetworks.com>
Cc:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Srinivas Akkipeddi <sakkiped@...rentnetworks.com>,
	davem@...emloft.net, lksctp-developers@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Lksctp-developers] [PATCH] IPv6: ipv6_addr_type() doesn't know
 about RFC4193 addresses

Dave Johnson wrote:
> Simon Arlott writes:
>> But ULA's scope isn't global, shouldn't it be IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_ORGLOCAL ?
> 
> Isn't ORGLOCAL defined for multicast only?

Yes, it's only for multicast.  Unicast addresses only have
2 scopes any more: Global and Link-Local.

-vlad

> 
> rfc4193 section 3.3 says:
> 
>> 3.3. Scope Definition
>>    By default, the scope of these addresses is global.  That is, they
>>    are not limited by ambiguity like the site-local addresses defined in
>>    [ADDARCH]. 
> 
> 

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