Re: 3gpp-analysis document and automatic tunneling

[Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>]

On Wed, 28 May 2003, Fred Templin wrote:
> > Pekka Savola wrote:
> >
> >> ISATAP doesn't allow you you to connect more than a single host.
> >
> I think I know now why I was confused by your point on isatap not
> allowing more than a single host. It is not strictly the case that nodes
> on an isatap link must use isatap addresses as the source/destination
> addresses in packets. If there is a way for the isatap router to discover
> host routes, then  nodes on the isatap link can use , e.g., RFC 3041
> privacy addresses.
> 
> In other words, the only addresses that need to be in isatap format are
> those that appear in the next-hop fields of a node's IPv6 routing table
> entries. (In many cases, those next-hop addresses could simply be link-
> local.) As such, a single isatap client can connect many additional hosts.

Indeed -- but I think this is a rather challenging problem in operator <->
user interface (where it has been proposed in this context), as routing
protocol cannot be used.

Was your point about ISATAP in general, or did you have some method for 
host route discovery in mind for this particular case?

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