[arin-ppml] What is a "host"?

William Herrin bill at herrin.us
Thu Sep 16 16:13:29 EDT 2010


On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
> I think the simplest useful definition of a host in an IPv6 context is:
>
> Each link local address present on the network segment constitutes a host.

Hi Owen,

IPv6 already has a formal, accepted standard on the definition of
"host." The above isn't it.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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