Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-22 Thread Simon Perreault
Mark Townsley wrote, on 08/21/2011 10:19 AM: It takes me about 30 seconds to describe at a high-level what 4rd is to someone who already understands ds-lite by referring to it as a stateless version of ds-lite. That's a good thing. To someone who already understands 6rd: 4rd is to IPv4

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-21 Thread Mark Townsley
On Aug 20, 2011, at 9:04 AM, Rémi Després wrote: Le 20 août 2011 à 11:46, Mark Townsley a écrit : On Aug 20, 2011, at 3:20 AM, Rémi Després wrote: Le 20 août 2011 à 03:55, Mark Townsley a écrit : ... we're already confused:

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-20 Thread Rémi Després
Le 20 août 2011 à 03:55, Mark Townsley a écrit : On Aug 19, 2011, at 8:04 PM, Nejc Škoberne wrote: Because of what RFC6333 says, suggesting NOW that solutions that don't need NATs are variants of DS-lite is a sure way to confuse people. Then we're already confused:

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-20 Thread Mark Townsley
On Aug 20, 2011, at 3:20 AM, Rémi Després wrote: Le 20 août 2011 à 03:55, Mark Townsley a écrit : On Aug 19, 2011, at 8:04 PM, Nejc Škoberne wrote: Because of what RFC6333 says, suggesting NOW that solutions that don't need NATs are variants of DS-lite is a sure way to confuse

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-20 Thread Rémi Després
Mark, Interesting definition of retronym. It remains, though, that an analogue clock, the example given in the given reference) is a clock variant (a device for measuring time). A 4rd-encapsulation solution is in no way a DS-lite variant (built on a tunnel to reach a CGN). It would be nice,

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Rémi Després
Le 19 août 2011 à 03:08, Satoru Matsushima a écrit : Hello Remi-san, I've found this mail now. On 2011/07/16, at 22:55, Rémi Després wrote: Hi all, 1. Being active in the IETF community has been overall enjoyable but, for various personal reasons including financial, I will no

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Satoru Matsushima
2011/8/19 Rémi Després despres.r...@laposte.net: I think so. I know that some, although expressing nothing against the idea, would prefer to wait and see. I haven't heard so. But others believe that, concerning the best way to structure drafts, the earlier is the better. IMHO, document

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Rémi Després
Le 19 août 2011 à 10:15, Satoru Matsushima a écrit : 2011/8/19 Rémi Després despres.r...@laposte.net: I think so. I know that some, although expressing nothing against the idea, would prefer to wait and see. I haven't heard so. If I misinterpreted what I saw, that's even better. But

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Tetsuya Murakami
Hi Satoru-san, Please see my comments inline. On 2011/08/18, at 18:08, Satoru Matsushima wrote: Hello Remi-san, I've found this mail now. On 2011/07/16, at 22:55, Rémi Després wrote: Hi all, 1. Being active in the IETF community has been overall enjoyable but, for various

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Mark Townsley
Particularly when targeting the consumer appliance space, fewer documents are better than many. Softwires should be working to converge on a single concise and clear RFC for the stateless ds-lite mode of operation. - Mark On Aug 18, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Satoru Matsushima wrote: Hello

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Rajiv Asati (rajiva)
+1. The RFP angle is an important one, Simon. Cheers, Rajiv Sent from Phone On Aug 19, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Simon Perreault simon.perrea...@viagenie.ca wrote: On 2011-08-19 05:19, Tetsuya Murakami wrote: draft-murakami-softwire-4rd draft-murakami-softiwire-4v6-translation I think it

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Mark Townsley
When the RFP is coming from Best Buy for a consumer device, you want fewer alternatives. - Mark On Aug 19, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Rajiv Asati (rajiva) wrote: +1. The RFP angle is an important one, Simon. Cheers, Rajiv Sent from Phone On Aug 19, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Simon Perreault

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Simon Perreault
On 2011-08-19 11:21, Mark Townsley wrote: When the RFP is coming from Best Buy for a consumer device, you want fewer alternatives. That's overly simplifying. I would expect the standard bodies such as Cable Labs, BBF, 3GPP, etc. to specify applicability of translation vs encapsulation to

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Thomas Nadeau
Precisely. Fewer alternatives means cheaper, simpler hardware that is ultimately required to run the software necessary to support the features. A myriad of options whether complex or not, is not that. --Tom On Aug 19, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Mark Townsley wrote: When the

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Behcet Sarikaya
Hi Marc, I am having trouble to see how this thing could be stateless? Also I don't see why we should, in view of NAT64 which is already standardized and there are implementations, why not use it? Of course no offense to my friend Xing Li. Regards, Behcet Particularly when targeting the

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Rémi Després
Le 19 août 2011 à 17:11, Mark Townsley a écrit : On Aug 19, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Rémi Després wrote: Also, one of his slides has 4rd aka Stateless DS-lite. He knows, as you know, that I had expressed strong opposition to this badly reductive view (DS lite is hub and spoke, has no NAT in

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Tina TSOU
[mailto:softwires-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Rajiv Asati (rajiva) Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 6:26 AM To: Simon Perreault Cc: softwires@ietf.org Subject: Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation +1. The RFP angle is an important one, Simon. Cheers, Rajiv Sent from Phone On Aug 19, 2011, at 8:57

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Nejc Škoberne
Dear Rémi, Whether Encapsulation and Double-translation methods will remain in separate drafts or might be regrouped in a single one including their comparison is, as far as I am concerned, an open question (neither in favor nor against). Not being in favor of a wide palette of different

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Nejc Škoberne
Because of what RFC6333 says, suggesting NOW that solutions that don't need NATs are variants of DS-lite is a sure way to confuse people. +1 Nejc ___ Softwires mailing list Softwires@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/softwires

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Mark Townsley
On Aug 19, 2011, at 8:04 PM, Nejc Škoberne wrote: Because of what RFC6333 says, suggesting NOW that solutions that don't need NATs are variants of DS-lite is a sure way to confuse people. Then we're already confused: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-boucadair-softwire-cgn-bypass-03 - Mark

Re: [Softwires] 4rd mapping rule separation

2011-08-19 Thread Mark Townsley
On Aug 19, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Rémi Després wrote: Le 19 août 2011 à 17:11, Mark Townsley a écrit : On Aug 19, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Rémi Després wrote: Also, one of his slides has 4rd aka Stateless DS-lite. He knows, as you know, that I had expressed strong opposition to this badly