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

[Owen DeLong]

On Sep 16, 2010, at 1:13 PM, William Herrin wrote:

> 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.
> 
True, but, the accepted standard definition isn't particularly useful
for IP policy purposes.

Owen