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

[Rémi Després <[e-mail]>]

Le 2012-02-07 à 13:16, Ole Trøan a écrit :

> Remi,
> 
>> 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.)
>> 
>> 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?
> 
> injecting IPv4 routing into the IPv6 routing table is considered a bad idea. that was what caused Automatic tunnelling and IPv4 compatible address in RFC1933 to be deprecated.

- Reference?
- Should we take it, then, that you reject moving from DS routing to IPV6-only routing without address/prefix changes as a use case you are interested in?

RD


> 
> cheers,
> Ole