+1

Do you really want to take the risk to import the full IPv4 routing table in 
IPv6 and multiply the memory size required in the RIB/FIB by 5?
6to4 is broken, the real fix is 6rd.

   - Alain.


On May 28, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Lee, Yiu wrote:

> I agree with Brian. If a SP wants to provide a managed 6to4 service, 6rd is
> the way to go. SPs shouldn't try to solve the broken 6to4 problem by
> injecting v4 information to the global v6 routing table.
> 
> Yiu
> 
> On 5/28/10 6:29 AM, "Brian E Carpenter" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>>      6to4 prefixes more specific than 2002::/16 are allowed to be
>>>      propagated in native IPv6 routing, as long as the more specific
>>>      matchs exactly the mapped most aggregated IPv4 route originated by
>>>      the same AS.
>> 
>> This is a really, really bad idea, for the reason given in RFC3056:
>> 
>>      6to4 prefixes more specific than 2002::/16 must not be propagated
>>      in native IPv6 routing, to prevent pollution of the IPv6 routing
>>      table by elements of the IPv4 routing table.
>> 
>> That is a much more important issue than the fact that 6to4 doesn't work
>> well for users whose ISPs haven't deployed a 6to4 relay (and announced
>> 2002::/16
>> locally). ISPs do need to pay attention to filtering rules for 2002::/16
>> announcements.
>> 
>>   Brian
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