Fwd: Re: Maintenance of Mobile IPv6

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [DMM] Maintenance of Mobile IPv6
Date: 	Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:19:37 -0700
From: 	Charlie Perkins <[email protected]>
To: 	Alexandru Petrescu <[email protected]>
CC: 	[email protected] <[email protected]>



Hello Alex and all,

Interesting discussion.  Here's my take.

On 10/29/2014 10:03 AM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:

>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> - 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.

I would love to work on this.  If you have ideas, please describe.

>
>
> - 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?

My answers: (1) no, and (2) not within [dmm].

>
> - 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.

If [dmm] shows itself to be a credible force, the open source problems
will naturally get the proper attention.  But it shouldn't be on the
[dmm] charter.

>
> - 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.

Isn't this already on the radar for [dmm]?

>
> - 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).

For these four items, it will depend on whether there is a constituency
for action.


And, one more thing:

On 10/29/2014 10:46 AM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:
> Le 29/10/2014 18:40, Brian Haberman a écrit :
>>
>>
>> On 10/29/14 1:33 PM, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree yes.  Are there enhancements that can be made to the Mobile
>>> IPv6
>>> specs in particular RFC6275, RFC3963, RFC4877, RFC6276.
>>
>> I personally do not know.  But as Jouni suggested, write a draft on the
>> enhancements you want to see and get feedback.
>
> Brian - thank you for the invitation.  Maybe I will do.
>
> Now that the deadline passed it's for the next year.  I will keep a
> mark on these emails.

You don't have to wait!  In fact you can submit a draft even on the
first day of the IETF.

For the four topics above, that would be very appropriate, I think.

Regards,
Charlie P.

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