Technical Summary
This document describes the use of the Stateless IP/ICMP Translation
(SIIT) algorithm in an IPv6 Internet Data Centre (IDC). In this
deployment model, traffic from legacy IPv4-only clients on the
Internet is translated to IPv6 upon reaching the IDC operator's
network infrastructure. From that point on, it may be treated
the same as traffic from native IPv6 end users. The IPv6 endpoints
may be numbered using arbitrary (non-IPv4-translatable) IPv6
addresses. This facilitates a single-stack IPv6-only network
infrastructure, as well as efficient utilisation of public IPv4
addresses.
The primary audience is IDC operators who are deploying IPv6,
running out of available IPv4 addresses, and/or feel that dual
stack causes undesirable operational complexity. Working Group
Summary
Working Group Summary
The only real question was whether it belonged in the WG. The
WG, in discussion, determined that it constituted an operational
procedure comparable to 464xlat, and was therefore within charter.
Document Quality
The document describes something that is in fact implemented in
at least four products from three vendors, and is in use in the
author's networks and in other networks, as discussed at IETF
93.
Personnel
Fred Baker is the document shepherd. The AD is Joel Jaeggli.