Thanks for the review, Elwyn. Joel, Fred, authors, any comments on this?

Jari

On Jan 29, 2014, at 12:25 AM, Elwyn Davies <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Document: draft-ietf-v6ops-nat64-experience-09.txt
> Reviewer: Elwyn Davies
> Review Date: 28 January 2014
> IETF LC End Date: 28 January 2014
> IESG Telechat date: (if known) -
> 
> Summary:
> Not ready.  This document needs a serious rewrite with the assistance of a 
> mother tongue English speaker.  I started doing some of this getting as far 
> as s3.1.4, however I came to the conclusion that significant parts of the 
> language were sufficiently unclear that I was unable to determine the 
> intended meaning.  Accordingly I have abandoned the review and will have 
> another go assuming a rewrite is done.  Please consider whether the title 
> should be modified as noted below.
> 
> Major issues:
> 
> Minor issues:
> Title:  The title is rather misleading since it the document actually 
> documents two suggested ways of deploying NAT64 as well as experience of 
> deploying these solutions. Maybe 'NAT64 Deployment Options and Experience'.
> 
> s1: A reference to explain what PDP context etc means in an LTE environment 
> would be useful.
> 
> s3.1.3: It is stated that placing the NAT64 (middlebox) in a centralized 
> location would 'reduce the diversity of  log format'.  I guess what is 
> possibly being said that is that the network should preferentially use just 
> one NAT64 box centrally placed rather than several (smaller) boxes at various 
> edge locations.  I think this needs to be explained more clearly (assuming I 
> have it right).  OTOH I would rather expect that most network owners would go 
> for a single species of NAT64 box so the diversity of log formats is really a 
> side issue.
> 
> s5.2: The problem here is not specifically geo-location - and since we 
> normally don't have any mapping between topology and location this seems 
> inappropriate - but doing host identification (which is what RFC 6967 is 
> about.  Shouldn't this section just be about host identification?
> 
> s8, para 2:
>> We configure ULAs as NAT64 prefixes on a NAT64-CGN.
> So.. is this a mandatory requirement or just a possibility?
> 
> Nits/editorial comments:
> 
> s1, para 1: s/Internet/the Internet/
> 
> s1, para 2: s/simplify networks provisioning/simplify the provisioning of 
> networks/, s/confers some benefits to/confers some benefits on/, s/such 
> mobile/such a mobile/, s/if Long Term/if a Long Term/
> 
> s3.1.1: s/can be seen with better transparency features/can offer improved 
> transparency to <state who or what is offered the improved transparency> /
> 
> s3.1.1: Expand A+P abbreviation.
> 
> s3.3.1: s/IPv4 shortage/IPv4 address shortage/
> 
> ss3.1.2, 3.1.3 and 3.1.4: These are very long paragraphs.  It would be good 
> to separate the various discussion points into separate paragraphs.
> 
> s3.1.2: "..to enable access of IPv4 only applications" Presumably this is 
> access to applications running on the IPv4 side from applications on the IPV6 
> side... Suggest
> "to allow applications running on the IPv6 network to interact with 
> applications that can only use IPv4 communications or IPv6 applications that 
> need to communicate using literal IPv4 addresses."
> 
> s3.1.2: s/discover NAT64 prefix/discover the NAT64 prefix/
> 
> s3.1.2: need a reference for BIND.
> 
> s3.1.2: s/...(BIND) software supports the function./The ... (BIND) 
> implementation of NAT64 supports this discovery function./
> 
> s3.1.2:s/Operators should not/Users should not/ perhaps.
> 
> s3.1.2: s/going to IPv4-only service/going to IPv4-only services/
> 
> s3.1.2: s/restrains NAT uses/restrains NAT usage/
> 
> s3.1.2: s/all traffic flows have to be traversed and translated./all traffic 
> flows have to traverse the NAT44 middlebox and be translated there./
> 
> s3.1.2: s/may serve a double roles, i.e. a translator and IPv6 forwarder./may 
> serve a dual role acting as both translator and IPv6 forwarder./
> 
> s3.1.2: s/Therefore, both IPv6 and IPv6
> 
> s3.1.2:
> OLD:
> In some sense, it encourages IPv6 transmission and restrains NAT uses 
> compared to NAT44(if used), on which all traffic flows have to be traversed 
> and translated. In some cases, NAT64-CGN may serve double roles, i.e. a 
> translator and IPv6 forwarder. In mobile networks, NAT64 is likely deployed 
> as the default gateway serving for all the IPv6 traffic. The traffic heading 
> to a dual-stack server is only forwarded on the NAT64. Therefore, both IPv6 
> and IPv4 are suggested to be configured on the Internet faced interfaces of 
> NAT64. We tested on Top100 websites (referring to [Alexa] statistics). 43% of 
> websites are connected and forwarded on the NAT64 since those websites have 
> both AAAA and A records. With expansion of IPv6 supports, the translation 
> process on NAT64 will likely be faded. In addition, it should be noted the 
> DNS64-DNSSEC Interaction[RFC6147] may impact the DNS64 process. For example, 
> DNS64 will not work with the case, where there is a DNS query with the 
> "DNSSEC OK" (DO) bit s
 et and the "Checking Disabled" (CD) bit set received.
> NEW:
> In some sense, it encourages IPv6 transmission and restrains NAT usage 
> compared to system using NAT44 (if used), on which all traffic flows have to 
> traverse the NAT44 middlebox and be translated in passing. In some cases, 
> NAT64-CGN may serve a dual role as both translator and IPv6 forwarder. In 
> mobile networks, NAT64 is likely deployed as the default gateway serving all 
> the IPv6 traffic. The traffic heading to a dual-stack server is only 
> forwarded via the NAT64. Therefore, it is suggested [or may be RECOMMENDED] 
> that both IPv6 and IPv4 are configured on the Internet facing interfaces of 
> NAT64 middleboxes.  We tested the configuration of the Top100 websites (as 
> identified in the [Alexa] statistics).  43% of websites are [Should this be 
> "would be"] connected and forwarded via NAT64 since those websites have both 
> AAAA and A records. With the expansion of IPv6 support, the need for the 
> translation process on NAT64 middleboxes will likely diminish. In addition, 
> it should be noted that t
 he interaction of DNS64 and DNSSEC [RFC6147] may impact the DNS64 process. For 
example, DNS64 will not work in the case where a DNS query is received that has 
the "DNSSEC OK" (DO) bit set and the "Checking Disabled" (CD) bit set.
> 
> 
> s3.1.3: s/is problematic from multiple-vendor's equipment due to inconsistent 
> formats of log records./obtained from equipment supplied by multiple vendors 
> may be problematic due to inconsistent log formats./
> 
> s3.1.3: This gave me a bit of a laugh...  So having got over my unstable user 
> experience (probably due to excessive consumption of beer..)
> OLD:
>   Since the topology on each
>   path is different, it may cause unstable user experiences and some
>   degradation of Quality of Experience (QoE) when fallback to the other
>   protocol is not powerful enough.
> NEW:
>   Since the routes taken by the two traffic sets may be different, user 
> experiences
>   may be inconsistent and there may be some
>   degradation of Quality of Experience (QoE) when fallback to the other
>   protocol is not sufficiently rapid. [or does this mean that the alternative 
> route
>   doesn't have enough capacity]
> 
> Please clarify.
> 
> [I gave up on language corrections at this point as it essentially needs a 
> serious rewrite.]
> 
> s4.1, last para: Specifying 91.21% of traffic seems inappropriately exact.
> 
> s6.1:  It may well be that NAT64-CGN have an FTP ALG .. given the general 
> view that FTP shouldn't be used it seems peculiar that this is the only 
> default implementation!
> Perhaps a comment about this (and maybe even TURNING OFF the FTP ALG) seems 
> like an option.
> 
> 
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