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  <front>
    <title abbrev="ISATAP Updates">ISATAP Updates</title>

    <author fullname="Fred L. Templin" initials="F." surname="Templin">
      <organization>Boeing Research & Technology</organization>

      <address>
        <postal>
          <street>P.O. Box 3707 MC 7L-49</street>

          <city>Seattle</city>

          <region>WA</region>

          <code>98124</code>

          <country>USA</country>
        </postal>

        <email>fltemplin@acm.org</email>
      </address>
    </author>

    <date day="08" month="May" year="2012" />

    <keyword>I-D</keyword>

    <keyword>Internet-Draft</keyword>

    <abstract>
      <t>Many end user sites in the Internet today still have predominantly
      IPv4 internal infrastructures. These sites range in size from small
      home/office networks to large corporate enterprise networks, but share
      the commonality that IPv4 continues to provide satisfactory internal
      routing and addressing services for most applications. As more and more
      IPv6-only services are deployed in the Internet, however, end user
      devices within such sites will increasingly require at least basic IPv6
      functionality for external access. It is also expected that more and
      more IPv6-only devices will be deployed within the site over time. This
      document therefore discusses updates to the Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel
      Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) to better accommodate these needs.</t>
    </abstract>
  </front>

  <middle>
    <section title="Introduction">
      <t>End user sites in the Internet today currently use IPv4 routing and
      addressing internally for core operating functions such as web browsing,
      filesharing, network printing, e-mail, teleconferencing and numerous
      other site-internal networking services. Such sites typically have an
      abundance of public or private IPv4 addresses for internal networking,
      and are separated from the public Internet by firewalls, packet
      filtering gateways, proxies, address translators and other site border
      demarcation devices. To date, such sites have had little incentive to
      enable IPv6 services internally <xref target="RFC1687"></xref>.</t>

      <t>End-user sites that currently use IPv4 services internally come in
      endless sizes and varieties. For example, a home network behind a
      Network Address Translator (NAT) may consist of a single link supporting
      a few laptops, printers etc. As a larger example, a small business may
      consist of one or a few offices with several networks connecting
      considerably larger numbers of computers, routers, handheld devices,
      printers, faxes, etc. Moving further up the scale, large banks,
      restaurants, major retailers, large corporations, etc. may consist of
      hundreds or thousands of branches worldwide that are tied together in a
      complex global enterprise network. Additional examples include
      personal-area networks, mobile vehicular networks, disaster relief
      networks, tactical military networks, and various forms of Mobile Ad-hoc
      Networks (MANETs). These cases and more are discussed in RANGERS<xref
      target="RFC6139"> </xref>.</t>

      <t>With the proliferation of IPv6 devices in the public Internet,
      however, existing IPv4 sites will increasingly require a means for
      enabling IPv6 services so that hosts within the site can communicate
      with IPv6-only correspondents. Such services must be deployable with
      minimal configuration, and in a fashion that will not cause disruptions
      to existing IPv4 services. The Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing
      Protocol (ISATAP) <xref target="RFC5214"></xref> provides a
      simple-to-use service that sites can deploy in the near term to meet
      these requirements, as discussed in <xref
      target="I-D.templin-v6ops-isops"></xref>. However, the ISATAP base
      specification has several fundamental limitations that restrict its
      applicability. This document discusses the motivations for new
      functionality followed by the updates and operational practices
      necessary to provide a more fully-functioned service.</t>
    </section>

    <section title="Motivation">
      <t>The base ISATAP specification does not support stateful address
      configuration nor prefix delegation (e.g., via DHCPv6 <xref
      target="RFC3315"></xref><xref target="RFC3633"></xref>) on ISATAP
      interfaces. Instead, the base specification requires a special IPv6
      address format in which a node's site-internal IPv4 address is embedded
      literally within the interface identifier of its public IPv6 address.
      This exposes the site-internal IPv4 address structure to IPv6 networks
      and correspondents outside of the site such that (unlike for IPv4
      networks behind NATs) topology hiding is compromised. Furthermore,
      static linkage of the node's site-internal IPv4 address to its public
      IPv6 address limits the node's ability to renumber its IPv4 address
      without also deprecating the IPv6 address. These limitations may be more
      of a concern in some ISATAP deployments than others, but can be obviated
      by address configuration methods that support non-ISATAP interface
      identifiers.</t>

      <t>The ISATAP base specification further does not support
      router-to-router tunneling, i.e., it permits only router-to-host and
      host-to-host tunneling. This limitation results in an inability for
      users to deploy recursively-nested "child" sites within a "parent"
      ISATAP site as articulated in RANGER <xref target="RFC5720"></xref>. In
      practical terms, the ISATAP base specification therefore does not allow
      for deployment of "stub" IPv6-only networks inside of a parent site.
      Examples include an IPv6-only bluetooth network of embedded devices, a
      laptop user's personal-area network, an IPv6-only fileshare workgroup,
      etc. Without updates to the ISATAP base specification, these limitations
      could only be addressed by a site-wide native IPv6 deployment, which the
      site may not be prepared to finance or support for the foreseeable
      future.</t>

      <t>Finally, the base specification provides no means for address
      selection preference of IPv4 over ISATAP for communications within the
      same site. Although this need could be addressed in the future by a DHCP
      option <xref target="I-D.ietf-6man-addr-select-opt"></xref>, it may be
      necessary or preferable in some environments for ISATAP clients to
      discover address selection preferences only from the information
      advertised by ISATAP routers. This document therefore specifies updates
      to the base specification to address these needs.</t>
    </section>

    <section title="ISATAP Updates">
      <t>The basic ISATAP model supports two basic node types - namely,
      advertising ISATAP routers and ISATAP hosts. Advertising ISATAP routers
      configure their site-facing ISATAP interfaces as advertising router
      interfaces (see: <xref target="RFC4861"></xref>, Section 6.2.2). ISATAP
      hosts configure their site-facing ISATAP interfaces as simple host
      interfaces and also coordinate their autoconfiguration operations with
      advertising ISATAP routers.</t>

      <t>This document introduces a third node type known as "non-advertising
      ISATAP routers". Non-advertising ISATAP routers configure their
      site-facing ISATAP interfaces as non-advertising router interfaces and
      obtain IPv6 addresses/prefixes via manual or automatic configuration
      arrangements with advertising ISATAP routers. Non-advertising ISATAP
      routers connect IPv6 networks to the ISATAP link, and can therefore
      support a router-to-router tunneling mode not supported under the base
      specification.</t>

      <t>To support this router-to-router tunneling (and also to support the
      assignment of native IPv6 addresses on ISATAP interfaces) ISATAP nodes
      add an update to the existing source address verification checks
      specified in Section 7.3 of <xref target="RFC5214"></xref>. Namely, the
      node also considers the outer IPv4 source address correct for the inner
      IPv6 source address if:</t>

      <t><list style="symbols">
          <t>a stateful address mapping exists that lists the packet's IPv4
          source address as the link-layer address corresponding to the inner
          IPv6 source address via the ISATAP interface.</t>
        </list></t>

      <t>The basic ISATAP model further does not specify any IPv6 multicast
      mappings. This precludes the use of services such as DHCPv6 which
      require a link-scoped IPv6 multicasting service. To support DHCPv6
      services, ISATAP hosts and non-advertising ISATAP routers that observe
      this specification map the IPv6 "All_DHCP_Relay_Agents_and_Servers"
      link-scoped multicast address to the IPv4 address of an advertising
      ISATAP router that advertises availability of the DHCPv6 service. The
      advertising ISATAP router in turn configures a DHCPv6 server or relay
      function, and accepts DHCPv6 messages sent by clients using this
      mapping. The advertising router also maintains a stateful address
      mapping that lists the IPv4 address of the client as the link-layer
      address of any delegated IPv6 addresses or prefixes.</t>

      <t>Finally, this document updates the address selection policies of the
      base specification as follows. For communications between two nodes
      whose IPv6 addresses are covered by the same IPv6 prefix advertised in
      Router Advertisements (RAs) on an ISATAP interface, prefer IPv4 over
      IPv6 if the L bit in the Prefix Information Option (PIO) is set to
      0.</t>

      <t>Using these updates, a much richer ISATAP service model is made
      possible. The following sections describe the new modes of operation
      that are enabled by the updates.</t>
    </section>

    <section title="Advanced IPv6 Services Enabled by Updates">
      <t>Whether or not advertising ISATAP routers make stateless IPv6
      services available using StateLess Address AutoConfiguration (SLAAC),
      they can also provide advanced IPv6 services to ISATAP clients (i.e.,
      both hosts and non-advertising ISATAP routers) using the updates
      specified in this document. Any addresses/prefixes obtained via the
      advanced (stateful) services are distinct from any IPv6 prefixes
      advertised on the ISATAP interface for SLAAC purposes, however.</t>

      <t>The following sections discuss operational considerations for
      enabling ISATAP DHCPv6 services within predominantly IPv4 sites.</t>

      <section anchor="router-dhcpv6"
               title="Advertising ISATAP Router Behavior">
        <t>Advertising ISATAP routers that support DHCPv6 services send
        IPv6-in-IPv4 encapsulated RA messages that advertise availability of
        the service in response to IPv6-in-IPv4 encapsulated Router
        Solicitation (RS) messages received on an advertising ISATAP
        interface. They also configure either a DHCPv6 relay or server
        function to service DHCPv6 requests received from ISATAP clients.</t>
      </section>

      <section anchor="host-dhcpv6" title="ISATAP Host Behavior">
        <t>ISATAP hosts send RS messages to obtain RA messages from an
        advertising ISATAP router. When the DHCPv6 service is available, the
        host can acquire IPv6 addresses through the use of DHCPv6 stateful
        address autoconfiguration <xref target="RFC3315"></xref> whether or
        not IPv6 prefixes for SLAAC are advertised. To acquire addresses, the
        host performs standard DHCPv6 exchanges while mapping the IPv6
        "All_DHCP_Relay_Agents_and_Servers" link-scoped multicast address to
        the IPv4 address of an advertising ISATAP router that supports the
        DHCPv6 service.</t>

        <t>After the host receives IPv6 addresses, it assigns them to its
        ISATAP interface and forwards any of its outbound IPv6 packets via the
        advertising router as a default router. The advertising router in turn
        maintains stateful address mappings that list the IPv4 address of the
        host as the link-layer address of the delegated IPv6 addresses. Note
        that IPv6 addresses acquired from DHCPv6 therefore need not be ISATAP
        addresses, i.e., even though the addresses are assigned to the ISATAP
        interface.</t>
      </section>

      <section anchor="non-router-dhcpv6"
               title="Non-Advertising ISATAP Router Behavior">
        <t>Non-advertising ISATAP routers send RS messages to obtain RA
        messages from an advertising ISATAP router, i.e., they act as "hosts"
        on their non-advertising ISATAP interfaces. Non-advertising ISATAP
        routers can acquire IPv6 prefixes through the use of DHCPv6 Prefix
        Delegation <xref target="RFC3633"></xref> via an advertising router
        that supports DHCPv6 services in the same fashion as described above
        for host-based address autoconfiguration. The advertising router in
        turn maintains stateful address mappings that list the IPv4 address of
        the non-advertising router as the link-layer address of the next hop
        toward the delegated IPv6 prefixes.</t>

        <t>In many use case scenarios (e.g., small enterprise networks, small
        and stable MANETs, etc.), advertising and non-advertising ISATAP
        routers can engage in a proactive dynamic IPv6 routing protocol (e.g.,
        OSPFv3, RIPng, etc.) over their ISATAP interfaces so that IPv6
        routing/forwarding tables can be populated and standard IPv6
        forwarding between ISATAP routers can be used. In other scenarios
        (e.g., large enterprise networks, large and dynamic MANETs, etc.),
        this might be impractical due to scaling issues.</t>

        <t>After the non-advertising ISATAP router acquires IPv6 prefixes, it
        can sub-delegate them to routers and links within its attached IPv6
        edge networks, then can forward any outbound IPv6 packets coming from
        its edge networks via other nodes on the ISATAP link.</t>
      </section>

      <section anchor="avoidance-fig" title="Reference Operational Scenario">
        <t><xref target="no-onlink-prefix-fig"></xref> depicts a reference
        ISATAP network topology enabled by the updated ISATAP services
        specified in this document. The scenario shows two advertising ISATAP
        routers ('A', 'B'), two non-advertising ISATAP routers ('C', 'E'), an
        ISATAP host ('G'), and three ordinary IPv6 hosts ('D', 'F', 'H') in a
        typical deployment configuration:</t>

        <figure anchor="no-onlink-prefix-fig"
                title="Reference ISATAP Network Topology">
          <artwork><![CDATA[                 .-(::::::::)      2001:db8:3::1
              .-(::: IPv6 :::)-.  +-------------+
             (:::: Internet ::::) | IPv6 Host H |
              `-(::::::::::::)-'  +-------------+
                 `-(::::::)-'
             ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,
        ,----|companion gateway|--.
       /     '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'  :
      /                           |.
   ,-'                              `.
  ;  +------------+   +------------+  )
  :  |  Router A  |   |  Router B  |  /
   : |  (isatap)  |   |  (isatap)  |  :    fe80::*192.0.2.4
   : | 192.0.2.1  |   | 192.0.2.1  | ;       2001:db8:2::1
   + +------------+   +------------+  \    +--------------+
  fe80::*:192.0.2.1   fe80::*:192.0.2.1    |   (isatap)   |
  |                                   ;    |    Host G    |
  :              IPv4 Site         -+-'    +--------------+
   `-.       (PRL: 192.0.2.1)       .)
      \                           _)
       `-----+--------)----+'----'
  fe80::*:192.0.2.2        fe80::*:192.0.2.3         .-.
  +--------------+         +--------------+       ,-(  _)-.
  |   (isatap)   |         |   (isatap)   |    .-(_ IPv6  )-.
  |   Router C   |         |   Router E   |--(__Edge Network )
  +--------------+         +--------------+     `-(______)-'
   2001:db8:0::/48          2001:db8:1::/48           |
          |                                     2001:db8:1::1
         .-.                                   +-------------+
      ,-(  _)-.      2001:db8:0::1             | IPv6 Host F |
   .-(_ IPv6  )-.   +-------------+            +-------------+
 (__Edge Network )--| IPv6 Host D |
    `-(______)-'    +-------------+

(* == "5efe")
]]></artwork>
        </figure>

        <t>In <xref target="no-onlink-prefix-fig"></xref>, advertising ISATAP
        routers 'A' and 'B' within the IPv4 site provide DHCPv6 services and
        connect to the IPv6 Internet either directly or via a companion
        gateway. The advertising routers both configure the IPv4 anycast
        address 192.0.2.1 on a site-interior IPv4 interface, and configure an
        advertising ISATAP interface with link-local ISATAP address
        fe80::5efe:192.0.2.1. The site administrator then places the single
        IPv4 address 192.0.2.1 in the Potential Router List (PRL) for the
        site. 'A' and 'B' then both advertise the anycast address/prefix into
        the site's IPv4 routing system so that ISATAP clients can locate the
        router that is topologically closest. (Note: advertising ISATAP
        routers can instead use individual IPv4 unicast addresses instead of a
        shared IPv4 anycast address. In that case, the PRL may contain
        multiple IPv4 addresses of advertising routers.)</t>

        <t>Non-advertising ISATAP router 'C' connects to one or more IPv6 edge
        networks and also connects to the site via an IPv4 interface with
        address 192.0.2.2, but it does not advertise the site's IPv4 anycast
        address/prefix. 'C' next configures a non-advertising ISATAP router
        interface with link-local ISATAP address fe80::5efe:192.0.2.2, then
        discovers router 'A' via an RS/RA exchange. 'C' next receives the IPv6
        prefix 2001:db8:0::/48 through a DHCPv6 prefix delegation exchange via
        'A', then engages in an IPv6 routing protocol over its ISATAP
        interface and announces the delegated IPv6 prefix. 'C' finally
        sub-delegates the prefix to its attached edge networks, where IPv6
        host 'D' autoconfigures the address 2001:db8:0::1.</t>

        <t>Non-advertising ISATAP router 'E' connects to the site, configures
        its ISATAP interface, performs an RS/RA exchange, receives a DHCPv6
        prefix delegation, and engages in the IPv6 routing protocol the same
        as for 'C'. In particular, 'E' configures the IPv4 address 192.0.2.3
        and the link-local ISATAP address fe80::5efe:192.0.2.3. 'E' then
        receives the delegated IPv6 prefix 2001:db8:1::/48 and sub-delegates
        the prefix to its attached edge networks, where IPv6 host 'F'
        autoconfigures IPv6 address 2001:db8:1::1.</t>

        <t>ISATAP host 'G' connects to the site via an IPv4 interface with
        address 192.0.2.4, and also configures an ISATAP host interface with
        link-local ISATAP address fe80::5efe:192.0.2.4 over the IPv4
        interface. 'G' next performs an RS/RA exchange to discover 'B" and
        configures a default IPv6 route with next-hop address
        fe80::5efe:192.0.2.1. 'G' then receives the IPv6 address 2001:db8:2::1
        via a DHCPv6 address configuration exchange via 'B'; it then assigns
        the address to the ISATAP interface but does not assign a
        non-link-local IPv6 prefix to the interface.</t>

        <t>Finally, IPv6 host 'H' connects to an IPv6 network outside of the
        ISATAP domain. 'H' configures its IPv6 interface in a manner specific
        to its attached IPv6 link, and autoconfigures the IPv6 address
        2001:db8:3::1.</t>

        <t>Following this autoconfiguration, when host 'D' has an IPv6 packet
        to send to host 'F', it prepares the packet with source address
        2001:db8:0::1 and destination address 2001:db8:1::1, then sends the
        packet into the edge network where IPv6 forwarding will eventually
        convey it to router 'C'. 'C' then uses IPv6-in-IPv4 encapsulation to
        forward the packet to router 'E', since it has discovered a route to
        2001:db8:1::/48 with next hop 'E' via dynamic routing over the ISATAP
        interface. Router 'E' finally sends the packet into the edge network
        where IPv6 forwarding will eventually convey it to host 'F'.</t>

        <t>In a second scenario, when 'D' has a packet to send to ISATAP host
        'G', it prepares the packet with source address 2001:db8:0::1 and
        destination address 2001:db8:2::1, then sends the packet into the edge
        network where it will eventually be forwarded to router 'C' the same
        as above. 'C' then uses IPv6-in-IPv4 encapsulation to forward the
        packet to router 'A' (i.e., 'C's default router), which in turn
        forwards the packet to 'G'. Note that this operation entails two hops
        across the ISATAP link (i.e., one from 'C' to 'A', and a second from
        'A' to 'G'). If 'G' also participates in the dynamic IPv6 routing
        protocol, however, 'C' could instead forward the packet directly to
        'G' without involving 'A'.</t>

        <t>In a third scenario, when 'D' has a packet to send to host 'H' in
        the IPv6 Internet, the packet is forwarded to 'C' the same as above.
        'C' then forwards the packet to 'A', which forwards the packet into
        the IPv6 Internet.</t>

        <t>In a final scenario, when 'G' has a packet to send to host 'H' in
        the IPv6 Internet, the packet is forwarded directly to 'B', which
        forwards the packet into the IPv6 Internet.</t>
      </section>

      <section title="Site Administration Guidance">
        <t>Site administrators configure advertising ISATAP routers that also
        support the DHCPv6 relay/server function to send RA messages with the
        M flag set to 1 as an indication to clients that the stateful DHCPv6
        address autoconfiguration services area available. If stateless DHCPv6
        services are also available, the RA messages also set the O flag to
        1.</t>

        <t>Gateways and packet filtering devices of various forms are often
        deployed in order to divide the site into separate partitions.
        Although the purely stateful model does not involve the advertisement
        of non-link-local IPv6 prefixes on ISATAP interfaces, alignment of
        IPv6 prefixes used for stateful address assignment with IPv4 site
        partitions is still recommended so that ISATAP clients can prefer
        native IPv4 communications over ISATAP IPv6 services for
        correspondents within their contiguous IPv4 partition.</t>

        <t>For example, if the site is assigned the aggregate prefix
        2001:db8:0::/48, then the site administrators can assign the
        more-specific prefixes 2001:db8:0:0::/64, 2001:db8:0:1::/64,
        2001:db8:0:2::/64, etc. to the different IPv4 partitions within the
        site. The administrators can then institute a policy that prefers
        native IPv4 addresses for communications between clients covered by
        the same /64 prefix.</t>

        <t>Site administrators can implement this policy implicitly by
        configuring advertising ISATAP routers to advertise each /64 prefix
        with both the A and L flags set to 0 as an indication that IPv4 should
        be preferred over IPv6 destinations that configure addresses from the
        same prefix. Site administrators can instead (or in addition)
        implement address selection policy rules <xref
        target="RFC3484"></xref> through explicit configurations in each
        ISATAP client.</t>

        <t>For example, each ISATAP client associated with the prefix
        2001:db8:0:0::/64 can add the prefix to its address selection policy
        table with a lower precedence than the prefix ::ffff:0:0/96. In this
        way, IPv4 addresses are preferred over IPv6 addresses from within the
        same /64 prefix. The prefix could be added to each ISATAP client
        either manually, or through an automated service such as a DHCP option
        <xref target="I-D.ietf-6man-addr-select-opt"></xref>. In this way,
        clients will use IPv4 communications to reach correspondents within
        the same IPv4 site partition, and will use IPv6 communications to
        reach correspondents in other partitions and/or outside of the
        site.</t>

        <t>When the PRL includes an anycast address, the client may be
        directed to a first DHCPv6 relay/server in initial message exchanges
        and to a different relay/server in subsequent exchanges. In order to
        address this uncertainty, site administrators should configure DHCPv6
        servers to include a Server Unicast option so that clients can remain
        associated with the same server that was reached during the initial
        exchange. (Alternatively, the administrator could arrange for the
        site's DHCPv6 servers to maintain a distributed database of client
        bindings.)</t>

        <t>Finally, site administrators should configure ISATAP routers to not
        send ICMPv6 Redirect messages to inform a source client of a better
        next hop toward the destination unless there is strong assurance that
        the client and the next hop are within the same IPv4 site
        partition.</t>
      </section>

      <section anchor="predirect" title="On-Demand Dynamic Routing">
        <t>With respect to the reference operational scenarios depicted in
        <xref target="no-onlink-prefix-fig"></xref>, there may be use cases in
        which a proactive dynamic IPv6 routing protocol cannot be used. For
        example, in large enterprise network deployments it would be
        impractical for all ISATAP routers to engage in a common routing
        protocol instance due to scaling considerations.</t>

        <t>In those cases, an on-demand routing capability can be enabled in
        which ISATAP nodes send initial packets via an advertising ISATAP
        router and receive redirection messages back. For example, when a
        non-advertising ISATAP router 'C' has a packet to send to a host
        located behind non-advertising ISATAP router 'E', it can send the
        initial packets via advertising router 'A' which will return
        redirection messages to inform 'C' that 'E' is a better first hop.
        Protocol details for this redirection procedure (including a means for
        detecting whether the direct path is usable) are specified in <xref
        target="I-D.templin-aero"></xref>.</t>
      </section>

      <section anchor="loopavoid-dhcp" title="Loop Avoidance">
        <t>When no advertising ISATAP routers advertise IPv6 prefixes for
        SLAAC purposes, no non-link-local IPv6 prefixes are assigned to ISATAP
        router interfaces. In that case, an ISATAP router cannot mistake
        another router for an ISATAP host due to an address that matches an
        on-link prefix. This corresponds to the mitigation documented in
        Section 3.2.4 of <xref target="RFC6324"></xref>.</t>

        <t>Any routing loops introduced in the stateful scenario would
        therefore be due to a misconfiguration in IPv6 routing the same as for
        any IPv6 router, and hence are out of scope for this document.</t>
      </section>
    </section>

    <section title="Manual Configuration">
      <t>In addition to any SLAAC and/or DHCPv6 services, when the updates in
      this document are employed site administrators can use manual
      configuration to assign non-ISATAP IPv6 addresses to the ISATAP
      interfaces of client end systems. Site administrators can also use
      manual configuration to assign IPv6 prefixes to non-advertising ISATAP
      routers instead of (or in addition to) using DHCPv6 prefix
      delegation.</t>

      <t>The IPv6 prefixes used for manual configuration must be distinct from
      any prefixes used for SLAAC, however they may overlap with the prefixes
      used for DHCPv6 as long as there is administrative assurance that the
      same IPv6 addresses/prefixes will not be delegated by both DHCPv6 and
      manual configuration. The manual configuration scenarios and routing
      considerations are otherwise the same as discussed in Section 4.</t>

      <t>When manually configured IPv6 addresses/prefixes are used, the
      prefixes must be covered by a shorter IPv6 prefix advertised into the
      IPv6 routing system by one or more advertising ISATAP routers. The
      advertising routers must further maintain stateful address mappings that
      associate the addresses/prefixes with the ISATAP clients to which the
      addresses/prefixes are delegated, i.e., the same as for DHCPv6.</t>
    </section>

    <section title="IANA Considerations">
      <t>This document has no IANA considerations.</t>
    </section>

    <section anchor="security" title="Security Considerations">
      <t>In addition to the security considerations documented in <xref
      target="RFC5214"></xref>, sites that use ISATAP should take care to
      ensure that no routing loops are enabled <xref target="RFC6324"></xref>.
      Additional security concerns with IP tunneling are documented in <xref
      target="RFC6169"></xref>.</t>
    </section>

    <section anchor="acknowledge" title="Acknowledgments">
      <t>The following are acknowledged for their insights that helped shape
      this work: Dmitry Anipko, Fred Baker, Ron Bonica, Brian Carpenter, Remi
      Despres, Thomas Henderson, Philip Homburg, Lee Howard, Ray Hunter, Joel
      Jaeggli, John Mann, Gabi Nakibly, Christoper Palmer, Hemant Singh, Mark
      Smith, Dave Thaler, Ole Troan, and Gunter Van de Velde.</t>
    </section>
  </middle>

  <back>
    <references title="Normative References">
      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.5214"?>

      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.4861"?>

      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.3315"?>

      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.3633"?>
    </references>

    <references title="Informative References">
      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.6139"?>

      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.1687"?>

      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.5720"?>

      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.6169"?>

      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.3484"?>

      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.6324"?>

      <?rfc include="reference.I-D.ietf-6man-addr-select-opt"?>

      <?rfc include="reference.I-D.templin-aero"?>

      <?rfc include="reference.I-D.templin-v6ops-isops"?>
    </references>
  </back>
</rfc>

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