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Re: 6to4 using ::FFFF:0000:0000/96 (mail.comcast.net AAAA record weirdness)

To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 6to4 using ::FFFF:0000:0000/96 (mail.comcast.net AAAA record weirdness)
From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:58:49 +0100
Cc: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>, Rémi Després <remi.despres@free.fr>, v6ops <v6ops@ops.ietf.org>
In-reply-to: <479CF498.4090702@gmail.com> (Brian E. Carpenter's message of "Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:16:08 +1300")
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* Brian E. Carpenter:

>> So, I think it's XP not doing the right thing here... XP should be
>> selecting its own v4 stack instead of trying to shove packets to
>> ::ffff:0:0/96 down 6to4... correct?
>
> It seems to be a matter of taste which is the default.

Uhm, I think for a public anycast gateway (that's what we're talking
about, right?), there's no other option than using the v4 stack instead.
So the sane default seems clear to me.

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