Re: [dhcwg] WGLC for draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-unknown-msg-03 - Respond by Dec 2, 2013

[Marcin Siodelski <[e-mail]>]

>> ISSUE 2
>> In this sentence:
>>
>> "In the case that a new type of relay message is sent to a relay agent
>>   but the relay agent doesn't recognize it, the message is put into a
>>   Relay-forward message and sent to the server."
>>
>> Why "new type of relay message", not "new type of message"? I don't
>> quite understand what the relay message is in this context.
>
> [Qi] A new type of relay message targets at the relay agent. If a relay agent recognizes the message, then it should consume the message. Otherwise, the relay just sends the message to the server (in a Relay-forward message), so that the server gets the information that this relay doesn't support the new relay agent message.
> In Bullet (b), the message doesn't take the relay agent as the target.
> If this part isn't clear enough, we can improve it.
>

Thanks for this explanation. Let me rephrase my question, because I
was asking about slightly different thing....

Would it still be ok if we had this text: "In the case that a new type
of message is sent to a relay agent..... ", instead of "In the case
that a new type of relay message is sent to a relay agent..."? Simply
removed "relay". I don't understand how "relay message" is different
from the "message" or "valid message".

Thanks,
Marcin