Re: [IPFIX] No active/inactive timeout definitions in any IPFIX RFCs? Idle versus inactive terminology? (part of draft-ietf-bmwg-ipflow-meth-09 review)

"Jan Novak (janovak)" <janovak@cisco.com> Sat, 14 April 2012 20:58 UTC

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Subject: Re: [IPFIX] No active/inactive timeout definitions in any IPFIX RFCs? Idle versus inactive terminology? (part of draft-ietf-bmwg-ipflow-meth-09 review)
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>While some others refer to idle timeout
>RFC 5102, 
>draft-ietf-bmwg-ipflow-meth-09

I have checked (word searched) and there is no single
occurrence of word "idle" in draft-ietf-bmwg-ipflow-meth-09.
The terminology active/inactive seemed to be at least
historically most justified or we simply never used anything
else ...

Jan