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Re: Fw: [PATCH] IPv6: Allow 6to4 routes with SIT

To: kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Fw: [PATCH] IPv6: Allow 6to4 routes with SIT
From: Mika Liljeberg <mika.liljeberg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 17 Jul 2003 02:39:02 +0300
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On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 02:28, kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > While I see where you're coming from, I don't really understand what the
> > fuss is all about.
> 
> The issue definitely does not worth of time already spent for the discussion.

I agree. :)

> All the fuss is about the fact that this code lived and will live for years.
> If we allowed to add small tricks of this kind, it would end up as a full 
> mess.
> Each convenience trick must have a logical background.

So what's the background for having the hack to specify a tunnel EP with
a gateway route?

> I have been asked for an opinion, this is my opinion: 6to4 is wrong,
> addresses in format of 6over4 are natural, if they are deprecated,
> another and even more natural variant is use of link-local format,
> fe80::a.b.c.d.

IPv4-mapped would be semantically correct. It definately can't be
confused with any real IPv6 address.

        MikaL


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