John, Yes, probably you're right. Let's then put it in another way (the positive one):
An IPv6 node (having forwarding capability for packets for what isn't the end destination), MUST NOT translate the source or destination addresses. We can add part of my previous text to explain this. Regards, Jordi ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:17 PM Subject: RE: avoiding NAT with IPv6 > Hi Jordi, > > > I mean, if a vendor don't pass a given RFC in a > > conformance/interoperability, because they do NAT, then a lot of customers (ISPs, > > Telcos) will not purchase it, because that's what the market > > do most of the time. And this is a "market" enforcement ... > > Is this true, there are a number of RFCs that tell about the bad > things NATs do, but NATs are not slowing down at all. > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2993.txt?number=2993 > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3027.txt?number=3027 > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3424.txt?number=3424 > > > What about something like: > > > > IPv6 has enough addressing space that allows avoid the need > > of any kind of address translation, that is considered harmful according > > [RFCxxxx]. Consequently, IPv6 nodes MUST NOT support any kind > > of address translation. > > A purely procedural problem exists - the above drafts are > information, so I don't think they can be used as a justfication > for use of MUST NOT in this document. Someone correct me if I am > wrong. > > John > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ***************************** Madrid 2003 Global IPv6 Summit Presentations and videos on-line at: http://www.ipv6-es.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
