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

bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com
Fri Jul 8 21:24:33 UTC 2011


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




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