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Overview of 1999 IAB Network Layer Workshop
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Network Working Group M. Kaat
Request for Comments: 2956 SURFnet ExpertiseCentrum bv
Category: Informational October 2000
Overview of 1999 IAB Network Layer Workshop
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
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Abstract
This document is an overview of a workshop held by the Internet
Architecture Board (IAB) on the Internet Network Layer architecture
hosted by SURFnet in Utrecht, the Netherlands on 7-9 July 1999. The
goal of the workshop was to understand the state of the network layer
and its impact on continued growth and usage of the Internet.
Different technical scenarios for the (foreseeable) future and the
impact of external influences were studied. This report lists the
conclusions and recommendations to the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) community.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Conclusions and Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1 Transparency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2 NAT, Application Level Gateways & Firewalls . . . . . . 4
2.3 Identification and Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.4 Observations on Address Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.5 Routing Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.6 Observations on Mobility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.7 DNS Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.8 NAT and RSIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.9 NAT, RSIP and IPv6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.10 Observations on IPv6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3. Recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1 Recommendations on Namespace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2 Recommendations on RSIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.3 Recommendations on IPv6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.4 Recommendations on IPsec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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