Re: An alternative to 6to4 and teredo

[Marc Blanchet <Marc.Blanchet@viagenie.qc.ca>]

-- dimanche, janvier 19, 2003 18:54:06 +0100 Erik Nordmark
<Erik.Nordmark@sun.com> wrote/a écrit:

>> That's not all.  6to4/Teredo offer an automatic configuration using 
>> anycast addresses.  Much easier than trying to figure out the closest 
>> tunnel broker, configuring to use that etc.
> 
> If somebody wants to provide a good tunnel broker service they can
> automate this without any changes in the clients. Just have multiple
> tunnel servers at different places in the topology and have the tunnel
> broker meaure or estimate the location of the client before handing it
> off to a tunnel server.

yes. moreover, the tsp protocol enables the broker (again at the broker
level) to refer the client to another broker which would better fits its
needs (for whatever reason: 

> 
> Thus if example.net wants to capture IPv6 "customers" that they don't
> have as IPv4 customers they could do this relatively easily.
> 
>> I agree, but there is a cost to a tunnel broker model, that is, not so 
>> simple configuration..
> 
> Yes, but see above. A single icon on the desktop might be sufficient.
> And it has the advantage of lower operational complexity resulting in
> a higher probability that it actually works. And should it not work the
> icon allows you turn turn it off.
> 
>   Erik
>