RE: Why do the 6to4-6bone relays work so badly? Is it possible to use 2002:c058:6301:: with XP?

On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Tony Hain wrote:
> Pekka Savola wrote:
> > The Microsoft implementation makes a ludicrous assumption 
> > (that the relay address is 2002:<V4ADDR>::<V4DDR>, note the 
> > IID part) which seem to be only true for their relay.
> >  
> > Bad for IPv6 but I guess they deserved it.
> 
> That is the only reasonable choice when there is only a A record to work
> from.

No.

There is _no_ data to make _any_ determination of the _interface ID_.

Thus, anything that would be depend on the IID must not be used.

(If I'd want to guess the IID, I'd try :: or ::1, but that's not the 
point.)

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