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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2011-03-02 12:21:56 -0500
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2011-03-02 12:21:56 -0500
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tweak ipv6 plan more
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@@ -18,17 +18,14 @@ Motivation:
What needs to change:
- Tor uses the Internet in many ways. There are four main ways that
+ Tor uses the Internet in many ways. There are three main ways that
will need to change for IPv6 support, from most urgent to least
urgent.
- 0. An unknown laundry list of issues that will supersede all other
- listed issues in this list.
-
1. Tor must allow connections from IPv6-only clients. (Currently,
routers and bridges do not listen on IPv6 addresses, and can't
- advertise that they support IPv6 addresses, so clients can't learn that
- they do.)
+ advertise that they support IPv6 addresses, so clients can't
+ learn that they do.)
2. Tor must transport IPv6 traffic and IPv6-related DNS traffic.
(Currently, Tor only allows BEGIN cells to ask for connections
@@ -38,11 +35,14 @@ What needs to change:
3. Tor must allow nodes to connect to one another over IPv6.
Allowing IPv6-only clients is the most important, since unless we
- do, these clients will be unable to connect to Tor at all. Next most
- important is to support IPv6 DNS related dependencies and exiting to IPv6
- services. Finally, allowing Tor nodes to support a dual stack of both IPv4
- and IPv6 for interconnection seems like a reasonable step towards a fully
- hybrid v4/v6 Tor network.
+ do, these clients will be unable to connect to Tor at all. Next
+ most important is to support IPv6 DNS related dependencies and
+ exiting to IPv6 services. Finally, allowing Tor nodes to support a
+ dual stack of both IPv4 and IPv6 for interconnection seems like a
+ reasonable step towards a fully hybrid v4/v6 Tor network.
+
+ Of course, more issues may be discovered as we develop solutions for these
+ issues, some of which may need to take priority.
Designs that we will need to do: