Re: IPv6 fragmentation and IPv6 header parsing

[Michael Richardson <mcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
    Ralf> On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 11:07:58AM +0530, Imran Patel wrote:

    >> On the contrary, it might be useful for transition from IPv4 to IPv6
    >> ;-) IPv6 connection tracking is useful for NAT-PT. However, other
    >> options on top of IPv6 conntrack like masquerading, v6-v6 NAT, etc
    >> look useless and silly.

    Ralf> You forget real world.  I bet ISPs will continue to only give a

  You forget 6to4. 
  One IPv4 address gets you 2^80 IPv6 addresses.

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