Re: ocean: do not boil

[Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>]

itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
> 
> >Asserts that if a content site wants to be seen as IPv6 that it is in
> >control and can just advertise that and all IPv6-only nodes will be able
> >to reach it. The reality is that a consumer behind an IPv4-only NAT CPE
> >will need some form of IPv6-over-foo to get past the CPE. The hidden and
> >invalid assumption in Randy's comment is that the IPv6 network is
> >contiguous.
> 
>         so we need to get small (< $200) router vendors to do IPv6.  upstream
>         can be IPv6 over PPPoE (if upstream ISP supports it), or 6to4.
>         if these small router vendors are using IP code from Linux, BSD or VxWorks,
>         it's no-brainer, code is already there - more problem reside in education
>         (for support call desks).  if we've done that, we can simplify it very much -
>         no need for NAT penetration like Teredo.

Indeed. This was the thinking behind 6to4 all along. But we do need the
$200 devices to enable it by default.

   Brian