Re: [IPFIX] [SPAM I AM] RE: MPLS IEs in IANA's IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Entities registry

[Andrew Feren <[e-mail]>]

Then perhaps the right thing is to deprecate the lot and replace them all.

Thanks,
-Andrew

On 09/10/2014 05:28 PM, Gregory Mirsky wrote:
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> Hi Andrew,
>
> you’re right, the RFC 5462 changed the interpretation of this field as
> well (section 2 Details of Change):
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> *2.1* <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5462#section-2.1>*.  RFC 3032
> <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3032>*
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>    RFC 3032 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3032> states on page 4:
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>       3.  Experimental Use
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>  
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>       This three-bit field is reserved for experimental use.
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>  
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>    This paragraph is now changed to:
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>  
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>       3.  Traffic Class (TC) field
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>  
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>       This three-bit field is used to carry traffic class information,
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>       and the change of the name is applicable to all places it occurs
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>       in IETF RFCs and other IETF documents.
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>  
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>                 Regards,
>
>                                 Greg
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>  
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> *From:*Andrew Feren [mailto:[e-mail]]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:25 PM
> *To:* [e-mail]
> *Cc:* Gregory Mirsky
> *Subject:* Re: [IPFIX] MPLS IEs in IANA's IP Flow Information Export
> (IPFIX) Entities registry
>
>  
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> On 09/10/2014 03:22 PM, Gregory Mirsky wrote:
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>     Dear All,
>
>     in several places of describing MPLS Label element IEs the
>     registry still refers to the EXP field even though the RFC 5462
>     updated RFC 3032 and renamed it “Traffic Class” (TC). Below is the
>     list of IEs that may benefit from updating Description and
>     Reference information:
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>     ·         mplsTopLabelStackSection
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>     ·         mplsTopLabelStackSection2
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>     ·         mplsTopLabelStackSection3
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>     ·         mplsTopLabelStackSection4
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>     ·         mplsTopLabelStackSection5
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>     ·         mplsTopLabelStackSection6
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>     ·         mplsTopLabelStackSection7
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>     ·         mplsTopLabelStackSection8
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>     ·         mplsTopLabelStackSection9
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>     ·         mplsTopLabelStackSection10
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>     ·         mplsTopLabelExp (should this be deprecated and
>     mplsTopLabelTc be created instead?)
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>     ·         postMplsTopLabelExp (should this be deprecated and
>     postMplsTopLabelTc be created instead?)
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>
> Did 5462 change just the name from Exp to TC or did the interpretation
> of the bits change?
>
> -Andrew
>