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Re: patch: ipv6 nexthop can be 6to4 address

To: pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx (Pekka Savola)
Subject: Re: patch: ipv6 nexthop can be 6to4 address
From: kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 20:38:05 +0400 (MSK DST)
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, davem@xxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106232252400.13709-200000@netcore.fi> from "Pekka Savola" at Jun 23, 1 11:00:21 pm
Sender: owner-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Hello!

> The current implementation basically assumes the only v6-over-v4 tunneling
> method is automatic tunneling with compatible addresses.

This is not true. Next hop address on tunnel routes is not more than a trick
to tunnel to given IPv4 address, it is dummy and its IPv6 format is totally
meaningless. No matter, what transition scheme is used today or tomorrow,
compat addresses are enough and we do not need to change this place each time
when someone invents a new format with inlined IPv4 address.

Alexey

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