Hi Everyone,
I have recently release a new version of the IPREF draft. This version
is substantially rewritten to make it easier to understand how it works
and what it can be used for. The use of IPREF for transitioning to IPv6
is described in great detail in a dedicated section. It describes the
transitioning process and its advantages vs traditional approach.
Chiefly among them is no need for IPv4 addresses (no dual stacks, no
NAT64) which allows to drop IPv4 Internet early in the process rather
than at the very end.
Waldemar Augustyn
A new version of Internet-Draft draft-augustyn-intarea-ipref-02.txt has been
successfully submitted by Waldemar Augustyn and posted to the
IETF repository.
Name: draft-augustyn-intarea-ipref
Revision: 02
Title: IP Addressing with References (IPREF)
Date: 2023-09-25
Group: Individual Submission
Pages: 22
URL: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-augustyn-intarea-ipref-02.txt
Status: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-augustyn-intarea-ipref/
HTML: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-augustyn-intarea-ipref-02.html
HTMLized: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-augustyn-intarea-ipref
Diff:
https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-augustyn-intarea-ipref-02
Abstract:
IP addressing with references, or IPREF for short, is a method for
end-to-end communication across different address spaces normally not
reachable through native means. IPREF uses references to addresses
instead of real addresses. It allows to reach across NAT/NAT6 and
across protocols IPv4/IPv6. It is a pure layer 3 addressing feature
that works with existing network protocols.
IPREF forms addresses made of context addresses and references.
These addresses are publishable in Domain Name System (DNS). Any
host in any address space, including behind NAT/NAT6 or employing
different protocol IPv4/IPv6, may publish its services in DNS. These
services will be reachable from any address space, including those
running different protocol IPv4/IPv6 or behind NAT/NAT6, provided
both ends support IPREF.
IPREF is especially useful for transitioning to IPv6.
The IETF Secretariat
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