On Sat, 7 Sep 2019, 15:18 Bernier, Daniel, <daniel.bern...@bell.ca> wrote:
> Hi Fernando, > > > > Let’s say I have a native *IPv6 application flow* to which I want to > apply a service policy (i.e. chain of functions), carry metadata through > TLVs or perform a very simplistic filtering action via the tag field. All > of which are real use cases by the way. > > Should I not leverage insertion instead ? > Why can't you use encapsulation? There's a 21 year old spec on how to do that, and it doesn't violate RFC 8200. RFC 2374, "Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6" See figure 3. for an example of how to add supplemental information to an existing packet via EHs with encapsulation. > > Thanks, > > > > Daniel Bernier > > > > On 2019-09-06, 11:10 PM, "spring on behalf of Fernando Gont" < > spring-boun...@ietf.org on behalf of fg...@si6networks.com> wrote: > > > > Folks, > > > > I have one specific question regarding this I-D: > > What is the motivation for doing EH-insertion, instead of creating a new > > packet with the necessary EHs, and include the original packet in the > > payload? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > Fernando Gont > > SI6 Networks > > e-mail: fg...@si6networks.com > > PGP Fingerprint: 6666 31C6 D484 63B2 8FB1 E3C4 AE25 0D55 1D4E 7492 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > spring mailing list > > spring@ietf.org > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/spring > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > External Email: Please use caution when opening links and attachments / > Courriel externe: Soyez prudent avec les liens et documents joints > > > > > _______________________________________________ > spring mailing list > spring@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/spring >
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