[pcp] DS-Lite "plain mode" (Was: Re: draft-ietf-pcp-proxy and draft-cheshire-recursive-pcp)

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Fri, 26 July 2013 08:20 UTC

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Subject: [pcp] DS-Lite "plain mode" (Was: Re: draft-ietf-pcp-proxy and draft-cheshire-recursive-pcp)
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Le 2013-07-26 10:05, mohamed.boucadair@orange.com a écrit :
>> Why can't IPv4 PCP requests be sent over IPv4 (over the DS-Lite IPv6
>> tunnel), just like a IPv4 TCP SYNs?
>
> [Med] The plain mode is what is implemented in most platforms I'm aware of, and it is the mode adopted by the WG.

Why did the WG adopt this method in the first place? Why did those 
platforms do it that way? There must be a reason...

Simon
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