Subject: Re: Non routable IPv6 registry proposal

From: Fernando Gont <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:27:53 -0300

On 20/1/21 17:25, Joe Touch wrote:
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>> On Jan 20, 2021, at 12:07 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <[email-masked]> wrote:
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>> 0) Nowhere does the 'end to end' principle demand that the source and destination addresses on an IP packet remain constant
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> IP addresses is the only means for identifying an Internet endpoint per RFC 1122. While I agree that there may be utility of having proxied endpoints (e.g. NATs) with effectively internal addresses behind them, it doesn’t help the case to begin with this inaccurate assertion.

I'd have agreed with you. BUt since 
draft-ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming has been approved by the 
IESG, you probably cannot make such assertion anymore.

Thanks,
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Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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