[tor-commits] [torspec/master] tweak ipv6 plan more

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit 2fa1377bdc200cecd0c36ba4104f3da156ba1ea8
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Wed Mar 2 12:21:56 2011 -0500

    tweak ipv6 plan more
---
 proposals/ideas/xxx-ipv6-plan.txt |   22 +++++++++++-----------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/proposals/ideas/xxx-ipv6-plan.txt b/proposals/ideas/xxx-ipv6-plan.txt
index 12bd4d4..73a21f1 100644
--- a/proposals/ideas/xxx-ipv6-plan.txt
+++ b/proposals/ideas/xxx-ipv6-plan.txt
@@ -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: