Re: Translation versus tunneling document

[Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>]

On 10 dec 2007, at 21:55, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> > Proxies are good but generally don't address UDP applications

> My question was specifically about a web site.

Sorry, I didn't read carefully enough.

> > and are ususally a binary thing: either you proxy pretty much  
> > everything or you don't proxy at all. However, a mechanism where  
> > only sessions towards destinations using the unsupported IP version  
> > are proxied would be very useful, and if everyone who isn't dual  
> > stack used one, referrals wouldn't have to be a problem, either.
> > A layer 3 translator is basically a more generic implementation of  
> > a proxy.

> Well, no; it specifically lacks understanding of the application  
> layer.

Isn't being generic accomplished by lacking understanding of specifics?