Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-ipv6-flow-label-04.txt

2003-01-10 Thread Brian E Carpenter
below... Pekka Savola wrote: I've decidedly tried getting into the flow label debate, but will do so for a few parts. In general, I liked many of the Thomas's improvements; IMO, specification of flow label itself (with or without RFC2119 keywords), and treatment (like that nodes SHOULD

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-ipv6-flow-label-04.txt

2003-01-10 Thread Brian E Carpenter
below... Hancock, Robert wrote: Dear all, A couple of comments on the 'router treatment' and 60s timeout issues: Note: what I would expect this draft to describe is: 1) what arbitrary source nodes should do with the flow label. 2) what routers should do with the flow label.

Re: preferred lifetime valid lifetime

2003-01-10 Thread Thomas Narten
Hmm, so your point is that even if the receiving host ignores the prefix, it can still send a packet (whose destination address is covered by the prefix) to the router, which will then forward the packet back to the link. Yes. There's still an interoperability issue if a non forwarding node

Re: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-ipv6-flow-label-04.txt

2003-01-10 Thread Thomas Narten
Brian E Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thomas Narten wrote: I reviewed the revised document today. Speaking as an individual, here is my reaction: Abstract This document specifies the IPv6 Flow Label field, the requirements for IPv6 source nodes labeling flows,