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Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-opsec-ipv6-implications-on-ipv4-nets-03.txt> (Security Implications of IPv6 on IPv4 Networks) to Informational RFC

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Wed, 03 April 2013 07:04 UTC

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On 04/02/2013 10:25 PM, Ted Lemon wrote:
> On Apr 2, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> wrote:
>>> I agree with the last sentence.  Happy Eyeballs is about the HTTP. 
>>> There are other applications protocols too. :-) 
>>
>> Happy eyeballs is about HTTP. But part of the approach predates "Happy
>> Eyeballs" -- please see RFC5461.
> 
> It's certainly true that we usually talk about Happy Eyeballs in the context of HTTP, but I use it for ssh as well, and I think it's applicable across a broad range of application protocols.   It is not applicable to _every_ protocol, but that's as strong a qualification as I'd put on it—saying it's only applicable to HTTP is not correct.
> 

Exactly. For instance, I seem to recall benefiting of RFC5461 for ssh in
NetBSD long before the first version of the Happy Eyeballs I-D was
published.

As noted in RFC5461, the approach is useful for any protocol -- but for
obvious reasons the benefits become evident for interactive protocols
such as HTTP, SSH, telnet, and the like...

Cheers,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
e-mail: fgont@si6networks.com
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