Subject: [Softwires] [Errata Rejected] RFC5969 (3869)

From: RFC Errata System <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:59:22 -0800 (PST)

The following errata report has been rejected for RFC5969,
"IPv6 Rapid Deployment on IPv4 Infrastructures (6rd) -- Protocol Specification".

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http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5969&eid=3869

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Status: Rejected
Type: Technical

Reported by: Fernando Gont <[email-masked]>
Date Reported: 2014-01-20
Rejected by: Ted Lemon (IESG)

Section: 9.2

Original Text
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In order to prevent spoofing of IPv6 addresses, the 6rd BR and CE
MUST validate the embedded IPv4 source address of the encapsulated
IPv6 packet with the IPv4 source address it is encapsulated by
according to the configured parameters of the 6rd domain.

Corrected Text
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In order to prevent spoofing of IPv6 addresses, the 6rd BR and CE
MUST validate the embedded IPv6 source address of the encapsulated
IPv6 packet with the IPv4 source address it is encapsulated by
according to the configured parameters of the 6rd domain.

Notes
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Authors have verified that the text as written in the RFC is correct, and the proposed change is incorrect.
 --VERIFIER NOTES-- 
Authors have verified that the text as written in the RFC is correct, and the proposed change is incorrect.

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RFC5969 (draft-ietf-softwire-ipv6-6rd-10)
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Title               : IPv6 Rapid Deployment on IPv4 Infrastructures (6rd) -- Protocol Specification
Publication Date    : August 2010
Author(s)           : W. Townsley, O. Troan
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Softwires
Area                : Internet
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG