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From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
To: Domas Mituzas <domas.mituzas@delfi.lt>
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Subject: Re: gif & faith needed?
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On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 04:43:03AM +0200, Domas Mituzas wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Kal Torak wrote:
> 
> > Hiyas,
> > 
> > I am just wondering if gif and faith pseudo devices are needed for
> > anything? (Besides IPv6 stuff)
> > And what they are for...
> > 
> 
> You've mentioned the reason for those devices. If you're more deep into
> IPv6, you'll find they're used for tunneling. And if you wish to use just
> ipv4 for one month more, you dont need this.

Gif at least is usable for creating IPv4overIPv4 tunnels (using IPenc
encapsulation protocol).

Joe


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