On 2010-12-15 15:58, Steven Blake wrote: > On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:14:02 +1300, Brian E Carpenter > <brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> The authors have received one off-list comment on this version, >> requesting additional clarification of the text associated with >> this recommendation: >> >>>> 2. A network domain MUST NOT forward packets outside the > domain >>>> whose flow label values are other than zero or > pseudo-random. >> Does anyone else have comments, or are we getting somewhere near > agreement? > > Brian, > > The paragraph this excerpt is taken from is clear, but by itself, this > sentence (as well as the last one of the paragraph) suggests that a domain > has to make a decision based on information that may be unavailable (i.e., > if no node in the domain rewrote the flow label value). Please consider > rephrasing this.
It's hard to make the sentence on its own avoid this problem, which is exactly why the additional text was added after the discussion in Beijing. I guess I should never quote it out of context. Brian > > > Regards, > > // Steve > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
