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Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 20:20:42
In any case, there are four facts of life that can't be ignored:

1. We have a BEHAVE WG and it has a charter.

2. We'd better hope that as many protocols as possible can traverse NAT64, which
will be with us for many years.

3. An important protocol that needs to traverse NAT44 is called IPv6 (in a
tunnel).

4. Address scopes with limited reachability are plentiful, and
the boundaries between them need to be traversed. The problem is a
bit more than just NATs. Oh, there's a draft that mentions this:
draft-carpenter-referral-ps-01.txt, to be discussed on the
grobj(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org list.

   Brian

On 2010-11-15 18:19, Hadriel Kaplan wrote:
Hi,
In one of the working group meetings this past week, when the group was 
discussing a NAT traversal solution for their new protocol, an A-D suggested 
they not spend much time on NAT traversal.  He/she indicated the IESG was 
discouraging NAT traversal mechanisms for new protocols, in order to foster 
demand for IPv6 instead.  The A-D further noted that "we really want it to 
run over IPv6 more than we want it to run over IPv4".  After being asked for 
clarification he/she said that "if you build something that will encourage 
people to stay on IPv4 longer, when you send it into the IESG you will get 
pushback".

I am not going to name the WG nor A-D, because I'd rather encourage A-D's to 
speak their mind, and it doesn't matter who it was.  Also, anyone can make a 
mistake or be mis-interpreted, and perhaps that's all this was. (We don't 
read written prepared statements at the mic, after all :)

What I'd like to know is the IESG's position with respect to protocols trying 
to make themselves work around NATs in IPv4.  I'd like to know if the IESG 
will push back on new protocols if they attempt to work around NATs.

I would also like to understand the IESG's position with respect to IPv6 and 
whether protocols should not attempt to make themselves work around potential 
IPv6 NATs; and more importantly to handle the possibility that the 
firewall-type policies which NATs have by nature, may continue to be used in 
IPv6 on purpose even if addresses/ports don't get mapped.

I appreciate the workload you are always under, but I think it's important 
for us outside the IESG to know.  If this is not the right medium/process for 
asking such questions, my apologies... and please let me know the right way. 
:)

Thanks,
-hadriel

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