Internet DRAFT - draft-massar-v6ops-tunneldiscovery
draft-massar-v6ops-tunneldiscovery
IPv6 Operations (v6ops) J. Massar
Internet-Draft Unfix / SixXS
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IPv6 Tunnel Discovery
draft-massar-v6ops-tunneldiscovery-00
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Abstract
This document defines how to discover tunnel services using the
_service domain.
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Table of Contents
1. Requirements notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Entries in the _service domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . 5
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1. Requirements notation
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
2. Introduction
When a user requires IPv6 connectivity in a IPv4-only or IPv4
connectivity in a IPv6-only environment, currently a user has to find
out where to find a IPv6 or IPv4 provider herself or use 6to4.
This document describes a way how organisations can easily document
the location of their services and have local users automatically
make use of them.
3. Entries in the _service domain
The following records are possible to be inserted in the
organisations _service domain [SERVICE].
This example mentions to the user to try the TSP and TIC [TIC]
protocol first, them having equal weight. When that fails the user
can use the website for more information.
$ORIGIN example.net.
_http._tcp PTR Example._http._tcp
Example._http._tcp SRV 42 100 80 www
_https._tcp PTR Example._https._tcp
Example._https._tcp SRV 13 100 443 ssl
; Tunneling Services (Configuration etc)
_tic._tcp SRV 10 100 3874 tic
_tsp._tcp SRV 10 100 3653 tsp
; _service domain entries
_service TXT "Example"
_website._service PTR Example._https._tcp
PTR Example._http._tcp
_ipv6-tunnel._service PTR _website._service
PTR _tic._tcp
PTR _tsp._tcp
tic A 192.0.2.42
tsp A 192.0.2.13
ssl A 192.0.2.80
www A 192.0.2.80
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4. Security Considerations
There are no additional security considerations except the ones
already given for the _service domain and prefix.
5. IANA Considerations
There are no considerations for IANA
6. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[SERVICE] Massar, J., "The _service domain and prefix",
draft-massar-dnsop-service-00 (work in progress),
July 2005.
[TIC] Massar, J., "TIC - Tunnel Information Control Protocol",
draft-massar-v6ops-tic-00 (work in progress),
January 2004, <http://www.sixxs.net/tools/tic/>.
Author's Address
Jeroen Massar
Unfix / SixXS
Hofpoldersingel 45
Gouda 2807 LW
NL
Email: jeroen@unfix.org
URI: http://unfix.org/~jeroen/
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