Re: Maintenance of Mobile IPv6

On Oct 29, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> There are a few things that I think are needed for the maintenance of protocol Mobile IPv6; most important appear first:
> 
> - help with automated portal authentication in WLAN.  Hopping on and
>  off from a WiFi hotspot to another, even without moving physically,
>  is often obstructed by web portal authentication requiring user
>  to type to fill forms; this is not only inconvenient, but in some
>  cases it is impossible, like with vehicular networks where the
>  driver is forbidden by law to type while behind the wheel.
> 
> - bugs in an otherwise reliable Mobile IPv6 implementation of
>  a particular equipment manufacturer (HA never deletes a tunnel,
>  lifetime: remaining never): should the bugs be corrected or shoudl
>  the spec modified to reflect what the implementation actually
>  does?  Should protocol workarounds be designed to deal with this
>  problem?
> 
> - future of the maintenance of the linux open source Mobile IPv6
>  implementation: just for my clarification - is it still ok?  Is there
>  some project behind it?  Or is it dying?  Currently the email list
>  seems silent, and the latest software releases date back to more than
>  one year.
> 
> - elimination, or reducing the effect, of the necessity of the 'focal
>  point' Home Agent: route optimization for the masses and for moving
>  networks as deployed in vehicles.
> 
> - Mobile IPv6 and IPv6 NAT Traversal;
> 
> - IPv6 NAT in a moving network;
> 
> - bypassing Mobile IPv6 implementation (and use IPv6 NATting) in cases
>  of particular applications, based on destination IPv6 address and
>  IPv6-only-when-reversed FQDN name.
> 
> - the use of ULAs combined with Global addresses, with Mobile IPv6
>  (e.g. ULA HoA but GUA CoA, or reverse).
> 
> What do you think?

Maintenance or new features?

The best you can do is to write an I-D of your idea/topic/fix/enhancement
and the WG and chairs determine whether the I-D is about a new feature or
maintenance.

- Jouni


> 
> Alex
> 
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