Subject: RE: What is the current status of geographic location in the IPv6 address?

From: "Michel Py" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:39:03 -0700

> Bill Manning wrote:
> I remember them being considered. Steve Deering had
> this wonderful idea for metro-addressing.

Indeed, in 1995 when he was at parc. Here's a link:
http://arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us/ipv6mh/metro-addr-slides-jul95.pdf
However this was never part of the spec AFAIR.

Michel.

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