Subject: Protocol Action: 'Embedding Globally Routable Internet Addresses Considered Harmful' to BCP

From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:04:46 -0500

The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'Embedding Globally Routable Internet Addresses Considered Harmful '
   <draft-ietf-grow-embed-addr-05.txt> as a BCP

This document is the product of the Global Routing Operations Working Group. 

The IESG contact persons are David Kessens and Bert Wijnen.

Technical Summary
 
 This document means to clarify best current practices in the Internet
 community.  Internet hosts should not contain globally routable
 Internet Protocol addresses embedded within firmware or elsewhere as
 part of their default configuration such that it influences run-time
 behavior.
 
Working Group Summary
 
 This document is a product of the grow working group.
 
Protocol Quality
 
 David Kessens reviewed this document for the IESG.

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