Re: How long is reasonable to fix a routing issue in IPv6?

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 10:21:13PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Jared Mauch:
>
> > 2) is a mapped-v4 address a valid *source* address on the wire even if it's not a valid dest?
>
> By the way, has the analogous issue involving v4 addresses from
> RFC 1918 space ever been settled?

define "valid"?

mapped-v4 and 1918 addresses are valid in that both meet the address format constraints.
technically they work as both source and destination - the restriction is administrative.


/bill