I was thinking the same thing during the presentation.  An extension for SCVP 
seems fine to me.  Then in the future, if another validation comes along some 
day, a new extension can be assigned for that protocol.

Russ

> On Jul 25, 2022, at 4:13 PM, Martin Thomson <m...@lowentropy.net> wrote:
> 
> Take this:
> 
> struct {
>     PathValidationType path_validation_type;
>     select (path_validation_type) {
>          case scvp: SCVPValidationRequest;
>     } request;
> } PathValidationRequest;
> enum { scvp(1), (255) } PathValidationType;
> 
> This adds a layer of extensibility that doesn't do a lot.  Please consider 
> making this less generic.  If we want a different validation design, then 
> another extension can be defined.  We have a poor track record of being able 
> to use these nested extension points and it will be more efficient to just 
> put the SCVP pieces in their own extension.

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