Re: [v6ops] The need for local-ipv4 socket transition solutions -- NAT64/DNS64 remains insufficient

Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com> Thu, 26 March 2015 16:56 UTC

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From: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:56:22 -0500
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To: James Woodyatt <jhw@nestlabs.com>
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] The need for local-ipv4 socket transition solutions -- NAT64/DNS64 remains insufficient
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On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:29 AM, James Woodyatt <jhw@nestlabs.com> wrote:

> Yes, I recognize that entirely shifting the burden of supporting IPv4 onto
> the operating system developers, into the unforeseeable future, while the
> network operators get a clean transition to IPv6-only, can seem like a
> "solution" from certain bell-shaped perspectives, but there is still a
> world outside that perspective where some of us are trying to make a living.
>

As someone who does maintain a 464xlat implementation for the purposes of
supporting IPv4, I don't think it's an unreasonable burden.

It's true that if we have compatibility solutions in place, we might never
completely get rid of IPv4 until all IPv4-only apps are obsolete. But if
the cost of maintaining such solutions is low, what's the harm?