Re: [Softwires] WGLC review of draft-ietf-softwire-map

Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org> Wed, 15 January 2014 14:01 UTC

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Simon,

>> yes, apologies being sloppy there. you can use PCP.
>> it may be of limited use, e.g. if your web server is trying to use PCP to open port 80.
> 
> Yes of course. I'm more concerned about modern apps that don't rely on well-known ports.
> 
> My point, concretely, is that the MUSTs above seem to preclude user manipulation of the NAT mappings. I would suggest instead:
> 
>  A MAP CE receiving an IPv6 packet to its MAP IPv6 address sends this
>  packet to the CE's MAP function where it is decapsulated.  All other
>  IPv6 traffic is forwarded as per the CE's IPv6 routing rules.  The
>  resulting IPv4 packet is then forwarded to the CE's NAT44 function,
>  where it is handled according to the NAT's state.

agree, MAP should treat the NAT as a black box. apart from that it must be port range aware.

cheers,
Ole