Rev 6 simplifies forwarding (§6, §9, §18). Rounds 3 to 5 each found a new edge in rev 3's two-hop protocol, so rev 6 removes it:
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- Today's one-hop forwarding, credential and mesh-key rotation are unchanged.
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- Within a region, a box dials the home box's private IP. Between regions, it dials the home box's own public IP. Group boxes have auto-assigned public IPs.
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- A box publishes only an address IMDS reports as its own.
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- Every instance is relocated off the old box **before** the region's EIP moves to the NLB.
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**Judge:**
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1. Are A5-1, A5-2 and rounds 3 to 4's forwarding findings genuinely moot?
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2. Does rev 6 reopen anything closed in rounds 1 to 2? In particular A1-12 (published address becoming the NLB's), A2-7, A2-9, and rollback.
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3. **The migrate-before-cut-over order (§9).** While the old box still holds the region's EIP and the instances live on group boxes, is every request path one hop? Consider requests via the region's EIP, cross-region forwards, platform routes, certificate challenges, and the NLB's zone B address.
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4. **IE platform routes at the cut-over (§9 step 3).**
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5. Anything new. Report only new items.
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Give findings P1/P2/P3 with file:line and a failure scenario. End with a verdict: ready for a plan, or not.
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