Hi, Brian,

> Fernando's algorithm is strictly compatible with RFC3697 and with the future
> RFC3697bis (based on today's WG discussion). But it is compatible
> with a policy that says "all simultaneous and overlapping
> sessions between the same two IP addresses are treated as a single flow."

Would this really make sense if we intend that the Flow Label be used
for ECMP/LAG?


> If, in accordance with the draft we adopted today, the label is
> created by a router, the only way to satisfy Shane's requirement
> is to use the whole 5-tuple.

Shane's requirement == each 5-tuple gets a different "Flow Label"?

-- If that's the case, the router can still apply the algorithm
specified in draft-gont to achieve that.

Thanks!

Kind regards,
-- 
Fernando Gont
e-mail: ferna...@gont.com.ar || fg...@acm.org
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