Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com> writes: . > > (That is RFC 2460 that says "New flow labels must be chosen > > (pseudo-)randomly and uniformly from the range 1 to FFFFF hex.") > >
> Yes, in the non-normative appendix! The only normative statement Where does the idea come from that this (or any) appendix is non-normative? Appendices are non-normative only if the text specifically says so. By default, they are just as normative as other sections. And, Section 6 of RFC 2460 (in the main body) says: > Appendix A describes the current intended semantics and usage of the > Flow Label field. So, the intention seems pretty clear to me. That doesn't mean the text hasn't been superceded my one of the follow on Flow Label RFCs. But I don't think we can say the 2460 text is non-nomrative. Thomas -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
