2012/4/4 Rémi Després <[email protected]>

>
> Le 2012-04-04 à 08:04, Maoke a écrit :
>
> dear Remi,
>
> 2012/4/2 Rémi Després <[email protected]>
>
>> Hi, Congxiao,
>>
>> During the Softwire meeting, you came to the mike to assert that the
>> 4rd-U specification was known to have "flaws".
>>
>> Yet, you do know that the 4rd-U specification has been reviewed by
>> competent contributors of widely varied origin, with no identified flaw
>> left in the draft.
>>
>
> the "with no identified flaw left in the draft" is only your statement
> instead of the conclusion of the competent contributors.
>
>
> a) I believe that all co-authors of the 4rd-U proposal are competent
> contributors.
> b) They did review the specification, and so far don't find any of the the
> alleged flaws.
> There is nothing more intended in my statement above.
>

well, sorry but i supposed i was one of the competent contributors despite
i am not an author. :P


>
> Even after the last mail exchanges, and although some others think
> differently, I honestly think that none of the alleged 4rd-u flaws is
> effective in real world, and that any of these would prevent 4rd-U
> deployments to be useful and flawless.
>
>
"not effective in real world" must be verified in practices. as we have
pointed out "DF=1/MF=1" is not effective in the real world and we have the
statistics from multiple sources.

regards,
maoke


> Regards,
> RD
>
>
>
>
> if the draft -06 or -07 limits the scope of 4rd-u with at least the
> following constrainsts, i guess it could be better with less flaws.
> - the domain having IPv6 firewalls or filters or IP/ICMP integrity
> varification mechanism between CE and BR is out of scope
> - the domain having IPv6 dynamic routing ttl-security mechanism is out of
> scope
> - simultaneously supporting single translation with using IPv4-mapped
> address for native IPv6-only networks/nodes is out of scope
> - supporting L4 protocol that not yet supported by NAT44 is out of scope
> (even for the case where NAT44 is bypassed, like 1:1 address mapping)
> - the IPv4 option transparency is out of scope, even for temporary
> end-to-end usage for some reason like experiments.
>
> were 4rd-u-06 updated with the above constraints, it is still have some
> technical inconsistency. i'd love to point them out when i have seen the
> scope clarification made by the authors. because the problem impact would
> change when the scope is changed. (well, it is another problem if people
> would like to have such a so-limited stuff)
>
>
>> Since you have AFAIK made no previous contribution on the mailing list to
>> justify such an assertion, would you be kind enough to explain what, in
>> your understanding, wouldn't work in 4rd-U?
>>
>> Without that, your statement might be understood as an attempt at biasing
>> people's understanding just before a vote (which I suppose you didn't want).
>>
>
> one doesn't write too much in cockfighting mails != he/she doesn't think,
> listen, and analyze. on the other hand, i understand the statement (no
> matter oral or written) in the venue is also considered as IETF
> contribution.
>
> do you think your statement on "no identified flaws left", ignoring the
> fact that competent contributors keep arguing, is not an attempt at biasing
> people's understanding in the venue?
>
> - maoke
>
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> RD
>>
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