RFC8950: Announce IPv4 with an IPv6 next-hop

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30 points | by porridgeraisin 2 hours ago

3 comments

  • petecooper 30 minutes ago
  • Alifatisk 47 minutes ago
    I guess the point with this to facilitate usage of IPv6.
    • simoncion 27 minutes ago
      The Abstract and Introduction sections of the RFC [0] explain what the point of this is. The "Changes Compared to RFC 5549" section is especially good reading, as it both alerts you to the fact that this is an update to a seventeen year old RFC and explains what changed in the update.

      [0] <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8950>

  • ozereray1 41 minutes ago
    RFC 8950 is quietly useful for operators who want to drop IPv4 addresses from point-to-point links and run an IPv6-only fabric while still carrying IPv4 routes over BGP. How well is it supported in practice across vendors and open-source routing daemons like FRR and BIRD?
    • esseph 7 minutes ago
      [delayed]