Re: An alternative to 6to4 and teredo

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

-- dimanche, janvier 19, 2003 22:42:20 +0100 Erik Nordmark
<Erik.Nordmark@sun.com> wrote/a écrit:

>> 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.
> 
> My point is that tunnel brokers (plus prefix delegation?)

prefix delegation is what freenet6 (with tsp) is doing for years now, with
user authentication (using SASL framework).

> might make 
> sense beyond isolated hosts as well. For instance, it might make sense for
> a home router.
> 
> The configuration isn't the elusive "zero", but it can be simple enough to
> be used.
> 
> I wonder if there is any data on the fraction of the existing tunnel
> broker clients serve more than one host. (It does at the office in
> France.)

It is in order of many many thousands on just freenet6.

Marc.