Remi, >> While, generally to be compatible with double translation, the 4rd IID can >> be employed. > > Actually, having a recognizable format for 4rd addresses makes it possible > for hosts behind a 4rd CE to use any other IPv4-in-IPv6 encapsulation that > 4rd without their packets being (inappropriately) processed as 4rd packets by > the CE. > > With a 4rd-recognizable IID, there is a guarantee that 4rd will never > interfere with any non-4rd protocol. > > OK? > > Thats AFAIK an important feature. > I remember a discussion with Wojciech about this, which maybe he could > confirm.
not so much so for encapsulation. since the 4rd tunnel end point address is one of the CE's own addresses, the interface-id only matters for pretty printing and if features/classifiers are applied in the middle of the tunnel. cheers, Ole _______________________________________________ Softwires mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/softwires
