Re: An alternative to 6to4 and teredo

[Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>]

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 20:44:52 +0100
Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com> wrote:

> I've never argued against tunnel brokers for isolated hosts. Please 
> remember that 6to4 was actually designed for whole sites with no 
> IPv6 ISP, not for isolated hosts. The fact that a well-known operating 
> system ships 6to4 for isolated hosts doesn't change the original design 
> point.

for that matter, 6to4 works great for isolated hosts that need to talk to
other hosts running 6to4. tunnel broker is *much* less efficient.

OTOH, I think tunnel broker is a good way to provide default route for a 6to4
site.

Keith