New draft - Router Affiliation Protocol for IPv6-over-(foo)-over-IPv4
"Fred L. Templin" <[email protected]> Sat, 19 Oct 2002 03:34:08 -0700
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Hello, I have sent the above-named personal draft to the IETF repository. It is available for immediate perusal at: http://www.geocities.com/osprey67/router_affiliation-00.txt The document has both operational and technical implications, thus I am posting to both lists. Abstract follows; please send comments. Fred [email protected] Abstract This document proposes a router affiliation protocol for IPv6- over-(foo)-over-IPv4 links, where (foo) is either an encapsulating layer (e.g., UDP) or a NULL layer. It is essentially a lightweight, link-layer mechanism for nodes and routers to establish security associations, discover and dynamically re-adjust maximum transmission units, and detect router failures. The protocol makes no attempt to ensure reliable message delivery; this function is performed by higher-layer protocols, e.g. TCP.