Suresh Krishnan wrote:
Please do not suggest anything remotely close to this. The v4 mapped v6 address
space is for API compatibility purposes only (i.e. use AF_INET6 with
v4 addresses). These addresses should never ever appear on the wire.
Never say never. RFC 2765 - a proposed standard - do send them on the wire.
Whether this is a good or bad idea is a different matter - I just wanted
to point out we have a PS on the books which uses them.
Erik
For more information see section 2.2 of RFC4942 and
draft-itojun-v6ops-v4mapped-harmful-02.txt (expired draft - google it)
Cheers
Suresh
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