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strong host model sentence in cpe rtr -03 version
Dave,
Since you questioned
strong host model during our IETF 73 v6ops prezo, here is a closure once I had
time to recollect my thoughts on the subject. First, I take the strong vs.
weak host models for traffic forwarding by a host on received traffic. As
we told in the prezo that NTT in Japan runs routing code NTT developed for a
Windows PC. So for their deployment if Windows OS changes between
pre-Vista to Vista from weak to strong host model, then we do have a problem for
the NTT routing software running on Vista. In the CPE Rtr Unnumbered
model, the WAN interface of the Rtr has only a Link-local address. A
strong host model needs a global IPv6 address on the WAN interface to receive
global IPV6 traffic - NTT runs PPPOE. That is why the text below was added
to the -03 version of the CPE Rtr.
[The Unnumbered model is incompatible with
the strong host model on the CPE router. The unnumbered model may be
inappropriate for use with certain deployments where a device that uses the
strong host model can operate as a CPE Router.]
I don't have any
more details on the NTT deployment like if any other hosts are behind their
Windows PC that is being used as a CPE Rtr - if we did have such host
behind the rtr PC, the the global address assigned to the other PCs
via IA_PD sub-delegation, then the global address on the LAN could be
used to source packet our the WAN interface to the SP. I am
told the same Windows PC acting as a CPE Rtr, is also the PC being used by the
user at home for using Internet services etc.
Hemant