Re: Flow label collision [Flow label redux [Re: IPv6 UDP checksum issue]]

2009-08-06 Thread Shane Amante
Brian, On Aug 5, 2009, at 22:19 MDT, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2009-08-06 05:34, Christopher Morrow wrote: ... 2) Removing other gems (or clarifying them) like the second sentence in the following: ---cut here--- IPv6 nodes MUST NOT assume any mathematical or other properties of the

Re: Flow label collision [Flow label redux [Re: IPv6 UDP checksum issue]]

2009-08-06 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Shane, On 2009-08-07 01:40, Shane Amante wrote: Brian, On Aug 5, 2009, at 22:19 MDT, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2009-08-06 05:34, Christopher Morrow wrote: ... 2) Removing other gems (or clarifying them) like the second sentence in the following: ---cut here--- IPv6 nodes MUST NOT

Flow label collision [Flow label redux [Re: IPv6 UDP checksum issue]]

2009-08-05 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2009-08-06 05:34, Christopher Morrow wrote: ... 2) Removing other gems (or clarifying them) like the second sentence in the following: ---cut here--- IPv6 nodes MUST NOT assume any mathematical or other properties of the Flow Label values assigned by source nodes. Router performance

Re: Flow label collision [Flow label redux [Re: IPv6 UDP checksum issue]]

2009-08-05 Thread Pekka Savola
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Brian E Carpenter wrote: 'flow label bits alone make a poor material for a hash key'... isn't this the reverse of saying that we'll (operators) require vendors to use flow-label for hashing on ECMP/LAG? If so, then... I don't think flow-label's going to cut it. Please note