Top-level ILP address prefixes

TOPLEVEL.md

(This document is a draft.)

We define the following top-level ILP address prefixes:

• g. for the globally routable address space defined by IL-RFC 0015
• private. for any privately routable address space (similar to private networks in IP, e.g. 192.168.0.0/16)
• example. for addresses appearing in examples or documentation
• test1., test2., test3. for addresses using in testing (similar to TEST-NET-{1,2,3}; used by five-bells-integration-test)
• local. for ledger-local addresses (similar to link-local addresses in IP, i.e. 169.254.0.0/16)
• peer. for ledger-local addresses used in the context of a peering relationship (used by ilp-plugin-virtual)
• self. for loopback addresses (similar to 127.0.0.0/8)

(similar to link-local addresses in IP, e.g.

Seems like an incomplete sentence here. Can you explain more on the difference between local. and self.?

Also, can you explain what peer. is for?

peer. is currently used to address the trustlines between connectors. The connectors should know to send payments through trustlines, but they also shouldn't broadcast routes to them.