[Xorp-users] IPv4-to-IPv6 Multicast Translation

[Bruce M Simpson]

Archimedes S. Gaviola wrote:
> Hi! I need to know if XORP project have some roadmap for unicast and 
> multicast transition mechanisms since it fairly supports both IPv4 and 
> IPv6 for all the routing protocols implemented? Co-existence between the 
> legacy IPv4 and the new IPv6 protocol is nowadays the trend to deploy 
> the new Internet. Is it possible if we can add a feature on XORP wherein 
> it can translate IPv4 multicast to IPv6 multicast just like one of the 
> link here http://forskningsnett.uninett.no/testnett/multicast/mcgw/?
>   

XORP is router control plane software. What you are describing is 
something which requires cooperation from both the forwarding plane and 
the control plane.

As far as I am aware, there are no current plans to offer such 
functionality. If anyone is willing to contribue this work then it would 
be very welcome.

A good starting point for this work would be to work on adding proxy 
functionality to the existing xorp_mld and xorp_igmp processes.

thanks
BMS