Re: [homegate] HOMENET working group proposal

Hi, Mark (and Jari),

Thanks so much for your clarification! All my questions/comments have
been addressed.

Thanks,
Fernando

On 06/30/2011 06:57 AM, Mark Townsley wrote:
> 
> I think the consensus we had in the past BoFs and discussion in and
> around this topic can be summed up as stating that homenet
> deliverables will:
> 
> - coexist with (existing) IPv4 protocols, devices, applications,
> etc. - operate in a (future) IPv6-only home network in the absence of
> IPv4 - be IP-agnostic whenever possible
> 
> In other words, anything we do for the IPv6 homenet cannot actively
> break what's already running on IPv4. Also, trying to define what the
> IPv4 home network should be has long reached a point of diminishing
> returns given the effort in doing so coupled with our ability to
> significantly affect what's already deployed. There's still hope we
> can help direct IPv6, as such that is homenet's primary focus.
> However, when we can define something that is needed for IPv6 in a
> way that is also useful for IPv4 without making significant
> concessions, we should go ahead and do so.
> 
> - Mark
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 30, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Fernando Gont wrote:
>> 
>>> My point was that, except for the mechanism for PD, I don't see a
>>> substantial difference here that would e.g. prevent this from
>>> being developed for IPv4 (in addition to IPv6). -- Yes, I know we
>>> need to deploy IPv6... but I don't think you can expect people to
>>> get rid of their *working* IPv4 devices... (i.e., not sure why
>>> any of this functionality should be v6-only)
>> 
>> Chaining NAT boxes already work. I also feel that we shouldn't put
>> in a lot of work to develop IPv4 further, that focus should be put
>> on IPv6.
>> 
>>> I think this deserves a problem statement that clearly describes
>>> what we expect to be able to do (but currently can't), etc. And,
>>> if this is meant to be v6-only, state why v4 is excluded --
>>> unless we're happy to have people connect their IPv4-devices, and
>>> see that they cannot communicate anymore.
>> 
>> IPv4 should be excluded because it's a dead end, and we all know
>> it. We're just disagreeing when it's going to die and how.
>> 
>> -- Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@swm.pp.se 
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