Re: CPEs

[Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>]

On 7 jan 2008, at 23:43, james woodyatt wrote:

> I don't believe for a second that UPnP IGD won't be extended to  
> support IPv6 filter control in addition to IPv4/NAT control.  There  
> will be incoming TCP/IPv6 connections to the home environment just  
> like there are incoming TCP/IPv4/NAT connections today.  The  
> question is whether there will be an IETF recommendation for how  
> they will get there over IPv6, or if IETF will continue to pretend  
> like it isn't a problem we should be thinking about— just like we  
> have with the IPv4/NAT case for lo these many years.

> If IETF wants to embrace UPnP IGD for IPv6, then I would call that  
> an improvement over the status quo ante.  Not very much of an  
> improvement— mind you—but it's Better Than Nothing.  Let me ask this  
> question again to the whole group: does anyone know if UPnP Forum  
> intends to publish their specifications for IGD/IPv6 under terms  
> that IETF can accept as a standards track document?  If so, when?

Hm, doesn't this protocol have a worse-than-average track record  
security-wise? I even remember having to update my computer because of  
this fairly recently...

The IETF has some experience in designing middlebox management  
protocols and IPv6 is a core IETF technology. Does it make sense to  
outsource something like this?