On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Margaret Wasserman wrote: > >o In IPv4 address architecture document [Hinden, 1998] explicitly state > > that IPv4 mapped address is for use within basic API [Gilligan, 1999] > > , and basic API only. Forbid any other uses. > > I don't have a problem with this concept. In fact, I thought that we > had two ways to include an IPv4 address in an IPv6 address because one > was meant to be used on the wire and the other was not. Was I confused?
You probably thought: 1) mapped address --> API 2) compatible address --> on the wire But 2) no longer holds and people only see "1)" as the only "standard way" to get to their goals. > >o Move any document that suggests the use of IPv4 mapped address on wire > > to historic, due to security reasons. > > Which documents would this include? SIIT? Only non-algorithmic portions of SIIT. (Or else NAT-PT should have to be rewritten to be independent). > Any others? The -00 nat64-nat46 draft. -- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
