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Re: [v6ops] draft-ietf-v6ops-6to4-to-historic WGLC

"Williams, Marcus (Contractor)" <Marcus.Williams@ed.gov> Thu, 21 April 2011 17:42 UTC

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From: "Williams, Marcus (Contractor)" <Marcus.Williams@ed.gov>
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:42:43 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: v6ops-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:v6ops-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Pekka Savola
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 7:17 AM
> To: v6ops@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [v6ops] draft-ietf-v6ops-6to4-to-historic WGLC
>
> I however do agree that the following subset deprecation described in Section 4 makes sense:
>
>    1.  IPv6 nodes SHOULD treat 6to4 as a service of "last resort" as
>        recommended in [I-D.ietf-6man-rfc3484-revise]
>    2.  Implementations capable of acting as 6to4 routers SHOULD NOT
>        enable 6to4 without explicit user configuration.  In particular,
>        enabling IPv6 forwarding on a device, SHOULD NOT automatically
>        enable 6to4.
>    3.  If implemented in future products 6to4 SHOULD be disabled by
>        default.


It seems ironic to be protecting the end user's control of the network.


Marcus Williams

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