Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 09:52:44 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Yoshinobu Inoue <shin@nd.net.fujitsu.co.jp> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: filtering of IPv6 over IPv4? Message-ID: <20000120095244.M62327@florence.pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <20000120152411T.shin@nd.net.fujitsu.co.jp> References: <20000119212045D.shin@nd.net.fujitsu.co.jp> <20000119173531.I62327@florence.pavilion.net> <20000120152411T.shin@nd.net.fujitsu.co.jp>
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On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 03:24:11PM +0900, Yoshinobu Inoue wrote: > > > But I am receiving several reports that some people failed to > > > establish IPv6 over IPv4 connection via their ISP, and after > > > several checking, it is found out that their ISP seems to be > > > filtering those kind of packets. > > > > It just goes to show that all ISPs are not the same :) > > Yes, but I don't think they are intentionally filtering it. > They would be just filtering all unknown type of packets for > them. > > So I think, the possibility of the problem need to be > announced to broader place, and need to be recognized by as > much of ISPs as possible. > Yes! But ISP don't _need_ to filter unknown traffic. If they filter by address then it's up to the user to decide what traffic they want to send. Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: Take the red pill and we'll show you just how Technical Manager deep the rabbit hole goes. (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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