On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > Pekka Savola wrote: > ... > > Why would a host have any reason to be 6to4 aware? I sure would like to > > know more of this. AFAICS that implementation wouldn't be honouring RFC > > 3056 definition of 6to4 host: > > > > an IPv6 host which happens to have at least one 6to4 address. > > In all other respects it is a standard IPv6 host. > > > > A host that includes a router (or router-like functionality) can perfectly > well behave like a 6to4 router as far as the outside world is concerned. "6to4 > aware host" is really a shorthand for this.
Ah ok, 6to4 routers are also 6to4 hosts by definition then. IMO, an inprecise definition. (yeah, probably most "6to4 hosts" on dialup etc. are really 6to4 routers) -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
