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Re: IPv6 allocation plan, security, and 6-to-4 conversion


From: "Fred Baker (fred)" <fred () cisco com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 21:33:21 +0000


On Jan 29, 2015, at 3:28 PM, Eric Louie <elouie () techintegrity com> wrote:

If I have to do 6-to-4 conversion, is there any way to do that with
multiple diverse ISP connections, or am I "restricted" to using one
entry/exit point?  (If that's true, do I need to allocate a separate block
of addresses that would be designated "6 to 4" so they'd always be routed
out that one entry/exit point?)

On this point, you may find

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-v6ops-6to4-to-historic
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-v6ops-6to4-to-historic
  "Deprecating Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay Routers", Ole Troan, Brian
  Carpenter, 2015-01-28

of interest. t is coming from the IETF IPv6 Operations Working Group, and in essence suggests that operators not 
support anycast 6to4. Don’t prevent it, please understand, but don’t deploy it, and if it’s causing you problems, turn 
it off.

One of the authors, Brian carpenter, is the original designer of 6to4...

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