On 13 Jul 2012, at 17:11, Tom Cooper wrote:
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:05 AM, TJ <trejrco@gmail.com> wrote:
As an IPv6 newbie myself, I wonder how hosts handle link local, ULA and global addresses. For example, if you have some internal web traffic used for intranet use only, do you bind those servers to use only ULA addresses? This way your internal users with ULA addressing only have access to those servers? No need to give intranet-only servers a global address if they're not needed to be accessed globally.
Is there a way for hosts to "prefer" or "attempt" to connect to a service by first trying a link-local scope, then a ULA and finally a global address if its off the AS?
There is an RFC that describes how hosts should select addresses in such situations, http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3484 As an side; it would be great if some more IPv6 questions could be put on http://ipv6exchange.net/ - I would love to see that become a useful resource for people starting out with IPv6. If you have an IPv6 question, please do post! Cheers, aid