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BCP 105
RFC 4085
Title: Embedding Globally-Routable Internet Addresses
Considered Harmful
Author(s): D. Plonka
Status: Best Current Practice
Date: June 2005
Mailbox: plonka@doit.wisc.edu
Pages: 10
Characters: 22656
SeeAlso: BCP0105
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-grow-embed-addr-05.txt
URL: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4085.txt
This document discourages the practice of embedding references to
unique, globally-routable IP addresses in Internet hosts, describes
some of the resulting problems, and considers selected alternatives.
This document is intended to clarify best current practices in this
regard.
This document is a product of the Global Routing Operations Working
Group of the IETF.
This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
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