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Re: [dhcwg] We can change the world in a 1000 ways (IPv4 over IPv6)

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Tue, 12 November 2013 15:07 UTC

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Le 2013-11-12 06:33, Ole Troan a écrit :
> In the context of http://xkcd.com/927/
>
> See attached drawing for the current state of IPv4 over IPv6
> standardisation.
>
> Count of IPv4 over IPv6 mechanisms (conservative): 9
> Number of ways to provision IPv4 addresses and other configuration
> information: ~6
> (Number of ways to carry DHCPv4 packets over softwires: 3)
>
> This is a call for action to get to 14!

I'm doing my part as we speak. I'm writing a new version of LW4o6 that 
uses translation instead of encapsulation. I'll call it LW4o6-T.

(Am I joking? That is the question.)

Simon
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