I am the assigned int-dir reviewer for this draft. These comments were written with the intent of improving the Internet area aspects of the IETF drafts. Please treat these comments just like any other last call comments. For background on int-dir, please see the [FAQ](https://wiki.ietf.org/en/group/intdir). I found the document well written and easy to read. Thanks to the authors and the WG for that. I mostly found a number of typos and grammatical issues that I classify as nits. The non-nit is that there were a couple cases of SHOULDs where it wasn't clear why they weren't MUSTs, i.e., when might you *not* want to do it and what would be acceptable to do instead. Most SHOULDs are already clear in the document. First case, section 4: > A node may have multiple IPv6-only interfaces (for example, a mobile > phone can be connected to an IPv6-only Wi-Fi network and to an > IPv6-only mobile network). In that case the node SHOULD run an > independent, dedicated CLAT instance on each interface connected to a > network equipped with PLAT. Consequently, each CLAT instance SHOULD > install a separate default IPv4 route on each CLAT-enabled interface. For those two SHOULDs, what is ok instead? Is it ever okay to run a common instance across multiple interfaces? Or is the only legal alternative to just run one CLAT instance on one interface? Similarly for the second SHOULD, does that mean it's compliant to run separate CLAD instances but only one default IPv4 route? is it compliant to run a shared CLAT instance across multiple interfaces, but with default routes on both interfaces with some load sharing? It seems to me that there are potential landmines here hence my questions to verify intended behavior. Case two: > Any delay in enabling CLAT on an IPv6-only node would be impactful > for IPv4-only applications, as such applications cannot benefit from > 464XLAT until CLAT is operational. Therefore it is desirable that > the node enables CLAT as soon as network support for PLAT is detected > while native IPv4 connectivity is not yet detected. The node SHOULD > enable CLAT after discovering the NAT64 prefix, unless by that time > the node has already obtained a non-link-local IPv4 address. Same question about why this is only a SHOULD, rather than a conditional MUST since it doesn't seem independent of previous SHOULDs. I might suggest something like the following. OLD: The node SHOULD enable CLAT after discovering the NAT64 prefix, unless by that time the node has already obtained a non-link-local IPv4 address. NEW: Unless configured otherwise, the node MUST enable CLAT if the node has not already obtained a non-link-local IPv4 address by the time it discovers the NAT64 prefix. I also see statements like in section 5: > Unless explicitly configured otherwise, the node SHOULD > disable CLAT immediately upon obtaining a native IPv4 default > gateway. So to verify: if the node has NOT been explicitly configured, it's still compliant to leave CLAT running when receiving an IPv4 native default gateway? Why is this not a MUST? This is a case where the alternative to the SHOULD is (I think) clear but the rationale is not and it seems potentially problematic to me. I get the case for explicit configuration. If intentional, perhaps the case WG had in mind is some box that is marketed as only being applicable for a specific case (maybe a special link layer so it's not deployable in general environments?) where it's known to not be problematic? Still seems dangerous to me, so want to verify this is intentional by the WG and understand the case for SHOULD here in the non-configured case. A copy with my editorial nits marked up inline is at https://1drv.ms/b/c/dc2b364f3f06fea8/EeBKe9TYbvJBhajRGP8w7egBU7j2VvMl35llZD2OwJBw6Q?e=QZ84d5 Dave