Comments on: Will Gentoo be the last OS without IPv6 automatic tunnels? http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2007/01/29/will-gentoo-be-the-last-os-without-ipv6-automatic-tunnels/ Samuel Tardieu's dual-sided blog Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:46:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Stéphane Bortzmeyer http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2007/01/29/will-gentoo-be-the-last-os-without-ipv6-automatic-tunnels/#comment-27747 Stéphane Bortzmeyer Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:29:58 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2007/01/29/will-gentoo-be-the-last-os-without-ipv6-automatic-tunnels/#comment-27747 Pierre: RFCs (especially RFCs on the standards track like 4380) have a complete peer-review and therefore are not the expression of the will of one entity, not even their author. For instance, the well-known Francis Dupont appears in the list of reviewers and he is certainly not a Microsoft slave. Pierre: RFCs (especially RFCs on the standards track like 4380) have a complete peer-review and therefore are not the expression of the will of one entity, not even their author.

For instance, the well-known Francis Dupont appears in the list of reviewers and he is certainly not a Microsoft slave.

]]> By: Pierre http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2007/01/29/will-gentoo-be-the-last-os-without-ipv6-automatic-tunnels/#comment-27624 Pierre Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:48:53 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2007/01/29/will-gentoo-be-the-last-os-without-ipv6-automatic-tunnels/#comment-27624 <b>Olive</b>: from what I understand, the main problem does not lie with the protocol part -- it's been published as <a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc4380.html" rel="nofollow">RFC 4380</a>, author C. Huitema (a well known Microsoft employee). The main problem as I see it is that Miredo requires a Teredo server somewhere, and it's not clear to me who provides that. Is it a free service provided by Microsoft? It's not clear to me from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/teredo.mspx" rel="nofollow">this document</a>. Maybe Samuel can explain some more. By the way, did anyone notice that miredo is actually doremi reversed? Olive: from what I understand, the main problem does not lie with the protocol part — it’s been published as RFC 4380, author C. Huitema (a well known Microsoft employee).

The main problem as I see it is that Miredo requires a Teredo server somewhere, and it’s not clear to me who provides that. Is it a free service provided by Microsoft? It’s not clear to me from this document. Maybe Samuel can explain some more.

By the way, did anyone notice that miredo is actually doremi reversed?

]]> By: Olive http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2007/01/29/will-gentoo-be-the-last-os-without-ipv6-automatic-tunnels/#comment-27612 Olive Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:13:35 +0000 http://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2007/01/29/will-gentoo-be-the-last-os-without-ipv6-automatic-tunnels/#comment-27612 Are you aware that Teredo is mostly a Microsoft protocol, which means it may lock down people into having IPv6 connectivity through a protocol developed by and for Microsoft? Also, isn't Gentoo development a bit hazy now, because the leader left to work for Microsoft? Why bet on a limping horse? Are you aware that Teredo is mostly a Microsoft protocol, which means it may lock down people into having IPv6 connectivity through a protocol developed by and for Microsoft?

Also, isn’t Gentoo development a bit hazy now, because the leader left to work for Microsoft? Why bet on a limping horse?

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