Mark, >>yes, I understood your question. the reason I posed a different >>question was to seek some dialogue about content, rather than debating >>process issues. >> MP> But your question is phrased as if something was being added rather MP> than removed. glad you noticed that. it was intentional. site local is, in fact, an addition to the IP architecture and that is what is causing the controversy. For example, it has prompted the suggestion that applications be made to know the difference between site local vs. global IP addresses. when we go around making basic additions to an architecture, we should try to be very clear on how it will be used, how it will impact the rest of the architecture, and what the benefits and problems are likely to be. Hence my original query. d/ -- Dave Crocker <mailto:dcrocker@brandenburg.com> Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://www.brandenburg.com> Sunnyvale, CA USA <tel:+1.408.246.8253>, <fax:+1.866.358.5301>