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IPv6 operational issues
I could not present this issue this morning, as the meeting was running
out of time.
We probably collectively (wg chairs, IAB members, wg group
participants, myself)
need to do a better job at time keeping.
IMHO, saving meeting time for discussing operational issues is
important.
That said, here is a link to my slides:
http://playground.sun.com/ipv6/IPv6ONbyDefault.pdf
The bottom line is that while deploying IPv6 internally, we have
identified 2 cases that are problematic:
1- a node with v6 enable (on by default) in a v4 RFC1918 network with
no v6 connectivity.
With current Neighbor Discovery 'on-link' assumption, current
destination address selection
rules and current stub resolver behavior, this can lead to
unacceptable delays
before connections succeed.
A fix is necessary in at least one of the 3 items described above.
2- a dual stack node in a foreign v4/v6 network connecting to a v4/v6
enterprise network
via a v4 only VPN.
a) there are some serious security issues with this model.
b) TCP SYN time-outs induce unacceptable delays.
This can be fixed operationally, either by getting a v6 aware VPN or
turning IPv4 off before firing up the v4 VPN.
- Alain.