Re: ocean: do not boil

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

"Hesham Soliman (EAB)" wrote:
> 
>   >
>   > >   > p2p applications can be designed to use intermediaries,
>   > >   > just like SMTP and HTTP. If I was designing an apps
>   > >   > protocol today, I would definitely make sure it could
>   > >   > be relayed between address spaces at applications level.
>   > >
>   > >=> Are we in a position to mandate this?
>   >
>   > We're not in a position to _mandate_ anything.  However, we are
>   > in a position to make recommendations about the best way to resolve
>   > certain scenarios.
> 
> => I'm not trying to be -ve, but unless we mandate
> that all applications will use this model, or alternatively
> assume that HTTP and SMTP are the only important applications
> for the medium term there is no point eliminating the
> v6 -> v4 scenarios.

I didn't suggest eliminating them. But since they will be even worse
to manage than IPv4 NAT, we should use them only when forced to.

   Brian