Re: [Softwires] MAP&4rd-U - DS routing replaced by v6-only routing in hub&spoke topology

Hi Remi-san,

On 2012/02/07, at 11:13, Rémi Després wrote:

> Hello Ole, Tetsuya-san, Wojciech,
> 
> In a use case described in the 4rd-U draft (sec 5.3), an ISP replaces its dual-stack routing by IPv6-only routing.
> For this, independently from the number of IPv4 prefixes it has to support, it uses only one mapping rule.
> (By replacing each IPv4 route by an equivalent IPv6 route, it ensures that all customers keep their IPv4 addresses.)
> 

I don't think that it could work as you explained in that section. For example, the BR would need to check a received packet from a CE whether it has correct source address in mapping rule or not. It means that the BR must know all address mappings for CE between IPv4 addresses and IPv6 prefixes. Is it correct understanding? 

I think that operators who already deploy such dual-stack network is supposed that they have address mapping table, they can provision each CE individually, and also they are capable to distribute the default mapping rule since they should install it into the CEs. In that situation, what's the motivation of why the operator want to provision with only default mapping rule?

cheers,
--satoru

> For this to work, the 4rd-U draft has a bit that, in the hub&spoke case, differs between CE-to-BR and BR-to-CE directions. Thus, packets sent to a CE take different routes depending on whether sent by a CE or a BR.
> 
> I don't see how the equivalent could work with the MAP documents you edited.
> Is it that such a use case is out of scope for MAP?
> Or did I miss something?
> 
> Cheers,
> RD
> 
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