[Idr] Re: [IANA #1436671] Early review: draft-ietf-idr-rfc4360-bis-01 (IETF 124)

Jeffrey Haas <jhaas@pfrc.org> Mon, 01 December 2025 21:40 UTC

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Amanda,


> On Nov 17, 2025, at 6:56 PM, Amanda Baber via RT <iana-issues@iana.org> wrote:
>>> On Oct 30, 2025, at 7:43 PM, Amanda Baber via RT <iana-
>>> issues@iana.org> wrote:
>>> 4) There might be an issue related to this paragraph, which is
>>> carried over from RFC 4360: “The value allocated for a Regular Type
>>> MUST NOT be reused as the value of the high-order octet when
>>> allocating an Extended Type. The value of the high-order octet
>>> allocated for an Extended Type MUST NOT be reused when allocating a
>>> Regular Type.”
>> 
>> Consider the examples of "QoS marking", "CoS capability" and others.
> 
> I wonder if it might not be confusing to say "The value allocated for a Regular Type MUST NOT be reused as the value of the high-order octet when allocating an Extended Type. The value of the high-order octet allocated for an Extended Type MUST NOT be reused when allocating a Regular Type" when the registries already don't allow this to happen.

I think such wording is quite reasonable.  I've added this to the github issue and I suspect we'll address such text in the next document revision.

https://github.com/ietf-wg-idr/draft-ietf-idr-rfc4360-bis/issues/17

-- Jeff