[Softwires] MAP compatibility with DS-Lite

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Wed, 20 November 2013 19:54 UTC

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Subject: [Softwires] MAP compatibility with DS-Lite
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WG,

draft-ietf-softwire-map-08 contains this:

7.3. Backwards compatibility

    A MAP-E CE provisioned with only the IPv6 address of the BR, and with
    no IPv4 address and port range configured by other means, MUST
    disable its NAT44 functionality.  This characteristic makes a MAP CE
    compatible with DS-Lite [RFC6333] AFTRs, whose addresses are
    configured as the MAP BR.

In view of the recent discussions on provisioning, this functionality 
strikes me as useless. There would be no reason for an ISP to use such 
provisioning. A unified CPE would just do DS-Lite if that's what's 
available.

I suggest to remove that section.

Simon
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