A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. Title : How to use IPv6 Link-Local Addresses in Applications Author : Mark Smith Filename : draft-smith-ipv6-link-locals-apps-00.txt Pages : 9 Date : 2015-10-19 Abstract: IPv6 Link-Local addresses can be used by applications. Doing so when possible will provide robustness and security benefits to the application. This memo describes the properties of Link-Local addresses and the benefits and limitations of using them in applications. It then describes how to use them in applications that use the Sockets API. The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-smith-ipv6-link-locals-apps/ There's also a htmlized version available at: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-smith-ipv6-link-locals-apps-00 Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of submission until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org. Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ _______________________________________________ I-D-Announce mailing list I-D-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i-d-announce Internet-Draft directories: http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt