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Decoupling Application IPv4/IPv6 Operation from the Underlying IPv4/IPv6 Communication (DAC) This publication appears in: American Journal of Scientific Research Authors: A. Hamarsheh, M. Goossens and R. Alasem Issue: 14 Pages: 101-121 Publication Date: Feb. 2011
Abstract: In this paper we introduce a mechanism for hosts to use applications of any IP
version capability (IPv4-only, IPv6 only, or dual IPv4/IPv6) regardless of the IP version of
their network communication (IPv4 or IPv6), without any modification to those programs.
DAC effectively shields the application layer IPv4/IPv6 operation from the underlying
IPv4/IPv6 communication between the hosts. The authors consider the provision of this
kind of functionality an essential condition for the changeover towards IPv6 to succeed.
The proposed mechanism is a generalisation of an experimental protocol called
Bump-in-the-API (BIA) External Link.
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