[OPSEC] comment on 'draft-ietf-opsec-ipv6-implications-on-ipv4-nets'

"Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> Wed, 27 February 2013 18:31 UTC

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From: "Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
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Hi,

In the latest draft version, Section 3.5 says:

  "As a result, blocking ISATAP by preventing hosts from
   successfully performing name resolution for the
   aforementioned names and/or by filtering packets with
   specific IPv4 destination addresses is both difficult
   and undesirable."

I would like to understand this better. In particular, the
ISATAP service is by design disabled by disabling name
resolution for the name "isatap.domainname" and/or by
disabling the ISATAP router advertisement service. Can
you say why this would be difficult and undesirable?

Thanks - Fred
fred.l.templin@boeing.com