Re: [BEHAVE] [NAT64] Hairpinning loop

To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BEHAVE] [NAT64] Hairpinning loop
From: Simon Perreault <simon.perreault at viagenie.ca>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:56:09 +0900
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Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> On reading section 6 a few times, I couldn't figure out a case where
> sending a hairpin packet would actually have any value to a user.
> There will always be another way of reaching the intended destination
> with a native IPv6 address.

RFC 4787 section 6, RFC 5382 section 7.2, and RFC 5508 section 5 address
this for the IPv4-IPv4 case.

Does this still apply for IPv6-IPv4?

Simon
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