On 09/10/2013 10:08, Roland Bless wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> On 08.10.2013 21:45, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>> NEW
>> Today, IPv6 packets are often forwarded not only on the basis of their
>> first 40 bytes by straightforward IP routing. Some routers, and a
>> variety of intermediate nodes often referred to as middleboxes, such
>> as firewalls, load balancers, or packet classifiers, inspect other
>> parts of each packet.
>
> Yes, but not necessarily?
> I guess a NAT66 device is quite happy with processing the first 40 bytes
> only.
I don't care about NAT66 but if you mean NPTv6, I suppose it's true.
Inserting "may" or perhaps "might" is OK by me.
Brian
> Not clear what's the exact purpose of these sentences
> (definition of what a middlebox is or the fact that other parts
> are also of interest for middleboxes),
> but probably it's better to insert a "may also" before "inspect other".
>
> Regards,
> Roland
>
>
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