RE: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-18 Thread Worley, Dale R (Dale)
From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of David Harrington [ietf...@comcast.net] I said (feel free to check the session recording, (ch3-fri-am 1:25), which is where I got the following text from): I want to make sure you do not spend a tremendous amount of time

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-17 Thread Masataka Ohta
Martin Rex wrote: According to your theory, a universal NAT traversal protocol should already exists. Correct. It is called the HTTP CONNECT method. If, with your definition of traversal, tunneling is a form of traversal, tunneling by IPSEC is a standard firewall traversal protocol and is

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-17 Thread Tadayuki HATTORI
...@sap.com Cc: hal...@gmail.com; ietf@ietf.org Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:12 PM Subject: Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6 Martin Rex wrote: According to your theory, a universal NAT traversal protocol should already exists. Correct. It is called the HTTP CONNECT

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-17 Thread Martin Rex
Masataka Ohta wrote: Martin Rex wrote: According to your theory, a universal NAT traversal protocol should already exists. Correct. It is called the HTTP CONNECT method. If, with your definition of traversal, tunneling is a form of traversal, tunneling by IPSEC is a standard

RE: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-17 Thread David Harrington
Hi Hadriel, I believe I'm the AD you are referring to. I made the comments as a technical contributor, but also said that my opinion was informed by discussions within the IESG. I think your characterization of my comments is a bit incorrect: In one of the working group meetings this past

RE: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-17 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: David Harrington ietf...@comcast.net is my understanding that IETF consensus is to have the industry transition from IPv4 to IPv6. That's certainly the formal IETF _position_ - whether it's the _consensus_ of the IETF participants is another matter. Ever since the original

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-17 Thread Masataka Ohta
Martin Rex wrote: Correct. It is called the HTTP CONNECT method. If, with your definition of traversal, tunneling is a form of traversal, tunneling by IPSEC is a standard firewall traversal protocol and is much better than HTTP CONNECT because of UDP. Not quite. Tunneling needs

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-17 Thread Tadayuki HATTORI
Hey, are you Japanese or Not? Have you already quited Japanese? Anyone should consider about both the protocol and the constitution of own nation simultaneously. It's the matter of right or wrong, not legal or illegal. --- TaddyHatty,   Martin Rex wrote: Correct. It is called the HTTP

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-16 Thread Yoav Nir
On Nov 15, 2010, at 10:41 PM, Masataka Ohta wrote: Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: You are incorrect. Firewalls can be used for many purposes. Authenticated traversal is well established in the firewall model. Given the diversity of firewalls and their operations, it's practically

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-16 Thread Masataka Ohta
Yoav Nir wrote: Why not? While I agree that firewalls are diverse, they are all made by vendors, and the big firewall vendors all have employees who participate in the IETF. An IETF standard that allows firewall traversal for legitimate traffic is very likely to be adopted by all the

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-16 Thread Martin Rex
Masataka Ohta wrote: According to your theory, a universal NAT traversal protocol should already exists. Correct. It is called the HTTP CONNECT method. -Martin ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 Thread Masataka Ohta
Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: NAT traversal should be something that is supported at a higher level of abstraction than one protocol. And there seem to be moves towards that support. As there are various kinds of NAT, it is a waste of effort to try to have a universal NAT traversing protocol.

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 Thread Jari Arkko
FWIW, I think that we should provide NAT traversal in the protocols that we develop (or as a part of some more general toolbox that the protocols employ). This is important, and some protocols have been hurt by not having such support initially. NAT/FW traversal is also important even with

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 Thread Masataka Ohta
Jari Arkko wrote: NAT/FW traversal is also important even with IPv6, as you may have a firewall even in IPv6 (or be going through a NAT64). FYI, traversable firewall is, by definition, broken. Masataka Ohta

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Hadriel Kaplan hkap...@acmepacket.com In one of the working group meetings this past week, when the group was discussing a NAT traversal solution for their new protocol, an A-D suggested they not spend much time on NAT traversal. ... I'd like to know if the

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 Thread Hadriel Kaplan
On Nov 15, 2010, at 7:21 AM, David Harrington wrote: I believe I'm the AD you are referring to. Yes but I wasn't trying to pick on anyone - just trying to understand what the official IESG position is. I never said the IESG is discouraging NAT traversal mechanisms for new protocols,

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
Masataka-san You are incorrect. Firewalls can be used for many purposes. Authenticated traversal is well established in the firewall model. There is a copious amount of prior art. On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Masataka Ohta mo...@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp wrote: Jari Arkko wrote:

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Hadriel Kaplan hkap...@acmepacket.comwrote: Absolutely. And it should work in environments with IPv6 NATs, and in environments with IPv6 firewalls, and in environments with IPv6 consumer gateways which block inbound packets until an outbound packet opens a

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 Thread Masataka Ohta
Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: You are incorrect. Firewalls can be used for many purposes. Authenticated traversal is well established in the firewall model. Given the diversity of firewalls and their operations, it's practically impossible. There is a copious amount of prior art. Remember

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 Thread Martin Rex
Masataka Ohta wrote: Jari Arkko wrote: NAT/FW traversal is also important even with IPv6, as you may have a firewall even in IPv6 (or be going through a NAT64). FYI, traversable firewall is, by definition, broken. The reason why the internet hasn't completely collapsed by now

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 Thread Brian E Carpenter
In any case, there are four facts of life that can't be ignored: 1. We have a BEHAVE WG and it has a charter. 2. We'd better hope that as many protocols as possible can traverse NAT64, which will be with us for many years. 3. An important protocol that needs to traverse NAT44 is called IPv6 (in

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-15 Thread Masataka Ohta
Martin Rex wrote: FYI, traversable firewall is, by definition, broken. Try to convince folks to completely remove all outside doors, windows, window gates, curtain, blinds, flyscreens from their home to leverage many convenient un-restricted openings to the interior of the house. I'm not

IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-14 Thread Hadriel Kaplan
Hi, In one of the working group meetings this past week, when the group was discussing a NAT traversal solution for their new protocol, an A-D suggested they not spend much time on NAT traversal. He/she indicated the IESG was discouraging NAT traversal mechanisms for new protocols, in order to

Re: IESG position on NAT traversal and IPv4/IPv6

2010-11-14 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
Designing NAT traversal on a per protocol basis sounds like a mistake to me. NAT traversal should be something that is supported at a higher level of abstraction than one protocol. And there seem to be moves towards that support. But the idea of trying to starve protocols of features in order to