Re: implications of 6to4 for v6coex

[Nathan Ward <v6ops@daork.net>]

On 20/09/2008, at 12:15 PM, james woodyatt wrote:
> There is clearly something broken about 6to4, and I'm not sure how  
> to fix it.  Can it be saved as a standard?


It works just fine, and with vendors' current implementations (ie.  
ignoring that paragraph), the concerns that these providers have  
raised are not a problem.

So, yes, I would say that it's very easy to save, provided that we  
don't attempt to make this mechanism (which is intended for use only  
in a transition period) be all things to everybody. I don't think  
anyone is suggesting that 6to4 is going to be perfect, so let's accept  
that it's not, and instead try to make it practical.

I note that the things we're trading away are problems that any IPv4  
anycast system has, and it works just fine for many fairly important  
things.

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Nathan Ward