draft-ietf-intarea-v4-via-v6

IPv4 routes with an IPv6 next hop

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V4-via-v6 routing is a technique that uses IPv6 next-hop addresses for routing IPv4 packets, and thus makes it possible to route IPv4 packets across a network where some routers have not been assigned IPv4 addresses. This document describes v4-via-v6 routing, and defines related operational procedures, notably the origination of ICMPv4 packets by nodes that might not have an IPv4 address.