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This draft is a work item of the Next Generation Transition Working Group of the IETF.
Title : IPv6 Tunnel Broker
Author(s) : A. Durand, P. Fasano, I. Guardini, D. Lento
Filename : draft-ietf-ngtrans-broker-06.txt
Pages : 10
Date : 14-Nov-00
The IPv6 global Internet as of today uses a lot of tunnels over
the existing IPv4 infrastructure. Those tunnels are difficult to
configure and maintain in a large scale environment. The 6bone has
proven that large sites and ISPs can do it, but this process is too
complex for the isolated end user who already has an IPv4 connection
and would like to enter the IPv6 world. The motivation for the
development of the tunnel broker model is to help early IPv6 adopters
to hook up to an existing IPv6 network (e.g. the 6bone) and to get
stable, permanent IPv6 addresses and DNS names. The concept of the
tunnel broker was first presented at Orlando's IETF in December 1998.
Two implementations were demonstrated during the Grenoble IPng &
NGtrans interim meeting in February 1999.
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