Re: Fuzzy-layering and its suggestion - Towards better QoS solution in the IPv6 network

Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com> Tue, 10 September 2002 15:02 UTC

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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:59:12 +0200
From: Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: Fuzzy-layering and its suggestion - Towards better QoS solution in the IPv6 network
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Jason Gao wrote:
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> > You don't get to pull a bit out for your private use.
> >
> It is still not a requirement that every node in the Internet must be DS-compliant.

These statements are both true. A node that chooses not to
implement RFC 2474 cannot use the TOS bits for private purposes.

   Brian