On Oct 29, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote: > Hello, > > There are a few things that I think are needed for the maintenance of > protocol Mobile IPv6; most important appear first: > > - help with automated portal authentication in WLAN. Hopping on and > off from a WiFi hotspot to another, even without moving physically, > is often obstructed by web portal authentication requiring user > to type to fill forms; this is not only inconvenient, but in some > cases it is impossible, like with vehicular networks where the > driver is forbidden by law to type while behind the wheel. > > - bugs in an otherwise reliable Mobile IPv6 implementation of > a particular equipment manufacturer (HA never deletes a tunnel, > lifetime: remaining never): should the bugs be corrected or shoudl > the spec modified to reflect what the implementation actually > does? Should protocol workarounds be designed to deal with this > problem? > > - future of the maintenance of the linux open source Mobile IPv6 > implementation: just for my clarification - is it still ok? Is there > some project behind it? Or is it dying? Currently the email list > seems silent, and the latest software releases date back to more than > one year. > > - elimination, or reducing the effect, of the necessity of the 'focal > point' Home Agent: route optimization for the masses and for moving > networks as deployed in vehicles. > > - Mobile IPv6 and IPv6 NAT Traversal; > > - IPv6 NAT in a moving network; > > - bypassing Mobile IPv6 implementation (and use IPv6 NATting) in cases > of particular applications, based on destination IPv6 address and > IPv6-only-when-reversed FQDN name. > > - the use of ULAs combined with Global addresses, with Mobile IPv6 > (e.g. ULA HoA but GUA CoA, or reverse). > > What do you think?
Maintenance or new features? The best you can do is to write an I-D of your idea/topic/fix/enhancement and the WG and chairs determine whether the I-D is about a new feature or maintenance. - Jouni > > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > dmm mailing list > dmm@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dmm _______________________________________________ dmm mailing list dmm@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dmm
