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Re: [74attendees] The great emphasis on IPv6 - a positive look
Hi,
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:41:57 +0200
"Rémi Denis-Courmont" <remi@remlab.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 March 2009 21:25:15 Rémi Després wrote:
> > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
> ...
> > Using 6to4 between two 6to4 user sites is NOT a problem, and indeed
> > MUST remain possible.<br>
> > But using a source 6to4 address to reach a non-6to4 destination IS a
> > problem, and IMHO MUST be deprecated ASAP.<br>
>
> I am using Anycast 6to4 at home and it worksforme(tm). Who is going to be my
> 6RD endpoint when 6to4 is deprecated? My ISP does not provide 6RD. I don't
> know if ny DOCSIS modem is compatible with 6RD, and I know for sure that my
> CPE does not implement 6RD.
>
> 6RD is NOT an alternative to 6to4. 6RD is an alternative to native IPv6 for
> access networks. To put it another way, 6to4 is deployed by end sites, whereas
> 6RD is deployed by access providers.
>
I agree with Remi, 6RD isn't a functionally equivalent alternative to
6to4.
Here in .au ADSL routers are owned by the customer, not managed
by the ISP, so deploying IPv6 via 6RD is unfortunately not an option.
Regards,
Mark.