> Before IPv6 traffic becomes really high, the need for efficient IPv6 load > balancing remained low. > That's why the need to fix loose ends of flow labels hasn't been pressing so > far. > > Fixing flow-label details, so that their intended use becomes practical, > makes IMHO more sense > than throwing the baby out with the bath water.
Maybe. But then, waiting for the traffic to increase and the load balancing needs to materialize also makes a lot of sense. I am pretty sure that 5 or 10 years from now someone will be glad that there are unused bits in the header... -- Christian Huitema -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
