Hello All,

would like to get your feedback regarding a possible change to the way IPv4
addresses are mapped into the MAP-T DMR prefix. The current text,
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-softwire-map-t-01#section-5.4 ,
follows RFC6052, and sees the IPv4 address inserted after the prefix. This
aligns naturally with any/all existing NAT64 implementations, i.e. in a
non-shared-address domain, a MAP-T CE would work with any regular NAT64 BR.
A direct consequence of following RFC6052 is that, in cases where the
prefix is shorter than /64, it results in some "bit spreading" of the IPv4
address across the u-byte. See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6052#page-5.
This is likely to be cumbersome operationally.

An option for simplifying this, and the change proposal seeking your
feedback, would be to specify that the DMR should be a /64 prefix, or at
least to make a recommendation to that effect in the specification.

Feedback?

Regards,
Woj.
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