Hi David,
I agree that this is an operator decision, however, you should consider implications of calls in your helpdesk because you’re breaking p2p apps. I’ve heard many times “6to4” is deprecated, and people not always look at the RFCs to confirm what others tell (which is in this case incorrect), so they got a wrong impression of the real situation. Regards, Jordi El 14/5/19 17:40, "David Farmer" <[email protected] en nombre de [email protected]> escribió: While I happen to agree with you 2002::/16 SHOULD NOT be filtered, and RFC 7526 is quite clear that 2002::/16 is still valid. However, it is perfectly permissible to filter it, if that is the policy a network operator wishes to enforce. On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 10:30 AM JORDI PALET MARTINEZ <[email protected]> wrote: 6to4 is still a valid protocol. IT SHOULD NOT be filtered. 6to4 uses the same protocol as other tunnels such as 6in4 (protocol 41). https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3056.txt It works fine for peer to peer applications. What the IETF deprecated is anycast for 6to4 relays: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7526 I believe Hurricane Electric still hosts 6to4 relays. Regards, Jordi El 14/5/19 17:25, "Amos Rosenboim" <[email protected] en nombre de [email protected]> escribió: Hello, As we are trying to tighten the security for IPv6 traffic in our network, I was looking for a reference IPv6 ingress filter. I came up with Job Snijders suggestion (thank you Job) that can be conveniently found at whois -h whois.ripe.net fltr-martian-v6 After applying the filter I noticed some traffic from 6to4 addresses (2002::/16) to our native IPv6 prefixes (residential users in this case). The traffic is a mix of both UDP and TCP but all on high port numbers on both destination and source. It seems to me like some P2P traffic, but I really can’t tell. This got me thinking, why should we filter these addresses at all ? I know 6to4 is mostly dead, but is it inherently bad ? And if so, why is the prefix (2002::/16) still being routed ? Thanks, Amos Rosenboim -- ********************************************** IPv4 is over Are you ready for the new Internet ? http://www.theipv6company.com The IPv6 Company This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the exclusive use of the individual(s) named above and further non-explicilty authorized disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, even if partially, including attached files, is strictly prohibited and will be considered a criminal offense. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, even if partially, including attached files, is strictly prohibited, will be considered a criminal offense, so you must reply to the original sender to inform about this communication and delete it. -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:[email protected] Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 =============================================== ********************************************** IPv4 is over Are you ready for the new Internet ? http://www.theipv6company.com The IPv6 Company This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the exclusive use of the individual(s) named above and further non-explicilty authorized disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, even if partially, including attached files, is strictly prohibited and will be considered a criminal offense. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, even if partially, including attached files, is strictly prohibited, will be considered a criminal offense, so you must reply to the original sender to inform about this communication and delete it.
