Deployment Considerations for Dual-Stack Lite
RFC 6908
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RFC 6908 (Informational)
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Y. Lee
Request for Comments: 6908 Comcast
Category: Informational R. Maglione
ISSN: 2070-1721 Cisco Systems
C. Williams
MCSR Labs
C. Jacquenet
M. Boucadair
France Telecom
March 2013
Deployment Considerations for Dual-Stack Lite
Abstract
This document discusses the deployment issues of and the requirements
for the deployment and operation of Dual-Stack Lite (DS-Lite). This
document describes the various deployment considerations and
applicability of the DS-Lite architecture.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6908.
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RFC 6908 Deployment Considerations for DS-Lite March 2013
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Table of Contents
1. Overview ........................................................3
2. AFTR Deployment Considerations ..................................3
2.1. Interface Consideration ....................................3
2.2. MTU and Fragmentation Considerations .......................4
2.3. Logging at the AFTR ........................................4
2.4. Blacklisting a Shared IPv4 Address .........................5
2.5. AFTR's Policies ............................................5
2.5.1. Outgoing Policy .....................................5
2.5.2. Incoming Policy .....................................6
2.6. AFTR Impacts on Accounting Process .........................6
2.7. Reliability Considerations of AFTR .........................7
2.8. Strategic Placement of AFTR ................................8
2.9. AFTR Considerations for Geographically Aware Services ......8
2.10. Impacts on QoS Policy .....................................9
2.11. Port Forwarding Considerations ............................9
2.12. DS-Lite Tunnel Security ..................................10
2.13. IPv6-Only Network Considerations .........................10
3. B4 Deployment Considerations ...................................10
3.1. DNS Deployment Considerations .............................11
3.2. IPv4 Service Monitoring ...................................11
3.2.1. B4 Remote Management ...............................11
3.2.2. IPv4 Connectivity Check ............................11
4. Security Considerations ........................................12
5. Acknowledgements ...............................................12
6. References .....................................................12
6.1. Normative References ......................................12
6.2. Informative References ....................................12
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1. Overview
DS-Lite [RFC6333] is a transition technique that enables operators to
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