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Vijayabhaskar A K <vijayak@india.hp.com> Wed, 11 February 2004 10:26 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-nisconfig-05.txt
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draft-itojun-v6ops-v4mapped-harmful seems to be expired. Do we need to consider this still? 

~ Vijay


Stig Venaas wrote:

>On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 02:43:27PM +0900, JINMEI Tatuya / ?$B?@L@C#:H wrote:
>[...]
>  
>
>>- if we really go with this approach, we should also consider
>>  draft-itojun-v6ops-v4mapped-harmful-02.txt
>>  which proposes "nodes SHOULD NOT generate packets that contain
>>  IPv4-mapped addresses in any field" in a packet sent on the wire in
>>  order to avoid confusion with API usages of IPv4-mapped addresses.
>>  Though this is still an individual draft, there seems to be a
>>  consensus on "no IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses in the wire", at least
>>  to some extent.
>>    
>>
>
>I agree with the concerns for IP header fields which I believe the
>draft discusses. I don't see immediate problems with this usage in
>the IP payload. I don't think the draft says it's wrong to use them
>in payload either. It says something about no IPv4-mapped addresses
>on the wire, but when discussing issues and other places, it only
>talks about IP header fields, which I think is the problem it
>discusses, and rightly so.
>
>So I think the concensus is "no IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses" in IPv6
>header fields. Perhaps my understanding is different from the rest.
>But I suggest people read the draft before refusing this approach.
>
>Stig
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