Re: Avoiding the terminology confusion with NAT66

[Rémi Després <remi.despres@free.fr>]

Le 5 août 2010 à 23:40, Bob Hinden a écrit :

> Randy,
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> On Aug 3, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
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>>>> If so, I encourage Margaret and Fred to not use NAT66 for their
>>>> specification.  Rather, "IPv6 Prefix Rewriting".  "6pr" almost rolls
>>>> off the tongue.
>>> Other names could do it too, e.g. PT66 for prefix translation, or SPT
>>> for Stateless Prefix Translation, whatever Margaret and:or the
>>> majority would prefer, provided it isn't NAT66.
>> 
>> since we're into deceptive marketing, why not call it chocolate ice
>> cream?
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> I think it's the other way around.  To use your example, NAT66 is a name many people are using to describe all flavors of ice cream.  

Right

> Margaret's draft is a particular flavor of ice cream.  

> It would be better to call it chocolate ice cream :-)

+1 ;-)

RD


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