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Re: IPv4 mapped address considered harmful


From: Anthony DeRobertis <asd () suespammers org>
Date: 27 Aug 2002 03:20:16 -0400

On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 03:12, itojun () iijlab net wrote:

      the problem is that some protocol proposal do not consider IPv4 mapped
      address as "bogon" - they propose to actually use them in IPv6 traffic
      on wire.

They used to be bogons, so any currently existing bogon filters (e.g.,
in firewalls) will drop them. Only remove them from your bogon filters
when/if you decide you want them.


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