Pekka,

> 5.4.1 Case A: Gateway does not provide IPv6 at all
>
> ==> shouldn't this be mostly a non-op in this discussion?  I mean, if the
> gateway doesn't provide v6, then some node inside the network must be
> dual-stack to do tunneling.  If a node needs to be dual-stack, it can use
> IPv4 DNS servers without problems.  Or are you concerned that in such a

In this document, we are interested in "IPv6" (but not IPv4) DNS Server
config approaches. I do agree with your statement that hosts can use
IPv4 DNS servers, but that isn't what we are concerened about here.

> network where v6 support is not provided there would be v6-only hosts in the
> network?  In that case I guess you're down to the case where the customer
> has a node which is set up as a dual-stack router.

Agreed. Which is why we'd need the config mechanism has to be some form
of a tunnel.

>
> 5.4.2 Case B: A dual-stack gateway connected to a dual-stack ISP
>
>    This is similar to a typical IPv4 home user scenario, where DNS
>    configuration parameters are obtained using DHCP.  Except that
>    Stateless DHCPv6 is used, as opposed to the IPv4 scenario where the
>    DHCP server is stateful (maintains the state for clients).
>
> ==> again, are you talking of PE-CPE config or CPE-customer config?  Again,
> do you assume /64 prefixes or how do you envision prefix delegation being
> done?

Is there a value in dissecting further ? I thought Stateless DHCPv6
spec does describe how to do this.

>
> 5.4.3 Case C: A dual-stack gateway connected to an IPv4-only ISP
>
>    This is similar to Case B.  The tunnel for IPv6 connectivity
>    originates from the dual-stack gateway instead of the host.
>
> ==> did you mean similar to case A?

I originally wrote 'case A'. I think Jeong changed it based on Christian's
comments. I have to go back and read what his comments were..

>
> 5.4.4 Case D: A gateway connected to an IPv6-only ISP
>
>    This is similar to Case B.
>
> ==> not quite?  the gateway either has no v4 at all, and can't act as a "DNS
> proxy", or it has a tunnel some other ISP else where it can send v4 packets.
>

Again, are we interested in IPv4 at all here ? If not, I dont think the
current text should change.


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> Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
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