RE: Teredo vs Silkroad

["Liu Min" <liumin@ict.ac.cn>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Huitema [mailto:huitema@windows.microsoft.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 1:59 PM
> To: Liu Min; Eiffel Wu; pekkas@netcore.fi
> Cc: v6ops@ops.ietf.org
> Subject: RE: Teredo vs Silkroad
> 
> > Why do you think Silkroad need more relays and servers than Teredo?
> 
> The SAR's relay packets, while Teredo servers don't. It implies that
you
> will need more SAR servers than Teredo servers.

No. Although Teredo servers don't relay packets, Teredo need separate
relays.
SAR's role includes the role of Teredo server and Teredo relay. You
should compare the number of SAR with the number of Teredo servers +
Teredo relays.

> 
> The number of relays is different. Depending how you count, there are
> currently maybe 1 or 2 Teredo relays, or 2 millions. This is because
> every host that is aware of Teredo can act as a "host specific relay".
I
> suspect that the number of relays required for silkroad is similar to
> the number required for 6to4.
> 
> -- Christian Huitema