Re: [IPFIX] Export of long lived flow information

Paul Aitken <paitken@cisco.com> Thu, 25 October 2012 22:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [IPFIX] Export of long lived flow information
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Gerhard,

If everyone's happy with this clarification, then we should ask IANA to 
update the descriptions in the IPFIX registry.

P.


On 25/10/12 19:26, Gerhard Muenz wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> It seems that some Information Element descriptions need 
> clarification. For example, I think that the description of the 
> Information Elements flowStart* and flowEnd* should be clarified:
>
> OLD:
> The absolute timestamp of the first|last packet of this Flow.
> NEW:
> The absolute timestamp of the first|last packet accounted in this Flow 
> Record.