[IPFIX]Re: [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC7011 (8313)

[Benoit Claise <[e-mail]>]

Dear all,

Med is right in his thinking. We could have more precise with the 
specifications.

Whether this errata is Verified or Hold for Document Update, I 
personally don't believe it's important as IMO this was never an issue 
in collector implementations.

Regards, Benoit


On 2/25/2025 2:13 PM, RFC Errata System wrote:
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC7011,
> "Specification of the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Protocol for the Exchange of Flow Information".
>
> --------------------------------------
> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid8313
>
> --------------------------------------
> Type: Editorial
> Reported by: Mohamed Boucadair <[e-mail]>
>
> Section: 3.2
>
> Original Text
> -------------
>     E
>
>        Enterprise bit.  This is the first bit of the Field Specifier.  If
>        this bit is zero, the Information Element identifier identifies an
>        Information Element in [IANA-IPFIX], and the four-octet Enterprise
>        Number field MUST NOT be present.  If this bit is one, the
>        Information Element identifier identifies an enterprise-specific
>        Information Element, and the Enterprise Number field MUST be
>        present.
>
>     Information Element identifier
>
>        A numeric value that represents the Information Element.  Refer to
>        [IANA-IPFIX].
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
>     E
>
>        Enterprise bit.  This is the first bit of the Field Specifier.  If
>        this bit is zero, the Information Element identifier identifies an
>        Information Element in [IANA-IPFIX], and the four-octet Enterprise
>        Number field MUST NOT be present.  If this bit is one, the
>        Information Element identifier identifies an enterprise-specific
>        Information Element, and the Enterprise Number field MUST be
>        present.
>
>     Information Element identifier
>
>        A numeric value that represents the Information Element. This field
>        takes a value in [IANA-IPFIX] when the E bit is set to zero.
>
> Notes
> -----
> Makes it explicit that the values in [IANA-IPFIX] only applies when the is E-bit is unset.
>
> An alternative would be to simply delete "Refer to [IANA-IPFIX]." as the exact behavior is already mentioned under the E bit description.
>
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> RFC7011 (draft-ietf-ipfix-protocol-rfc5101bis-10)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : Specification of the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Protocol for the Exchange of Flow Information
> Publication Date    : September 2013
> Author(s)           : B. Claise, Ed., B. Trammell, Ed., P. Aitken
> Category            : INTERNET STANDARD
> Source              : IP Flow Information Export
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
>
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