ietf
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: IPv6 NAT?

2008-02-20 09:01:48
Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote :
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 03:42:43PM +0100, Rémi Després
<remi(_dot_)despres(_at_)free(_dot_)fr> wrote a message of 49 lines which 
said:

A similar result could be achieved if resolvers, when they have to 
get a name for an IPv6 address having a privacy ID, instead of 
having no chance to get any name, would replace this ID by an
agreed standard value for which there is a PTR RR.

It seems a good idea.
Thanks.

RFC 1101 is probably the right basis for such a feature (which does 
not exist today). So, the roadmap is:

* write a RFC 1101bis, mostly to introduce IPv6 support * convince
the resolver's authors to use it (it requires code on their side)
Assuming that a RFC would describe the mechanism (1101bis or another) 
and that such a standard value would be found, I believe resolver 
developpers shouldn't be too reluctant to add this in a next release 
(full upward compatibility).

NB: unless there are objections I don't know, the value could simply be 
0:0:0:0, to mean "unknown IID".

Could we discuss all this in Philadelphia?

RD
_______________________________________________
Ietf mailing list
Ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>