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Re: [babel] Info Model: babel-neighbor-address

Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3@gmail.com> Mon, 15 October 2018 02:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [babel] Info Model: babel-neighbor-address
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Hi,

I'd be inclined to leave in IPv4 support also.

Thanks,
Donald
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On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 7:54 AM Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr> wrote:
>
> >> The babel-neighbor-address parameter currently says IPv4 or IPv6. But
> >> if Babel will only run over IPv6, should this only allow IPv6
> >> addresses?
>
> > IMO, yes. I also think we should get rid of the v4 address from the base
> > spec. Not sure if there's consensus on that, though...
>
> Babel has been implemented over a proprietary, non-IP protocol in the past
> [1], so we know that it does generalise to non-IPv6 environments.  I'm not
> sure whether we want to reflect that in the spec or not.
>
> Personal opinion -- leave the spec as it is, with IPv4.  No opinion about
> the information model.
>
> [1] https://www.thinkmind.org/download.php?articleid=ubicomm_2011_6_20_10156
>
> -- Juliusz
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