Requirments for IPv6 routers

Buclin, Bertrand Bertrand.Buclin@ch.att.com
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 05:31:50 +0200


Peter, 

Although your argument is very much valid, I agree with Matt that we are too
early in the IPv6 game to be in position to propose anything sensible as
router requirements. We are still missing very large chunks of the IPv6
picture yet to make any valid recommendation: for example, there is no
robust IGP protocol yet (I don't consider RIP as robust...); we have'nt yet
experimented with major IPv6 features such as IPSEC; router renumbering is
not yet finalized; the scoped address debate is still going on; eventually,
we want to promote SNMPv3 which just got out; etc... etc...

Let's first have these 'basic'  feature specified, implemented and
experimented with before we go and produce a router requirement document.

Cheers, Bertrand