Re: MTU handling and 2461bis

Adding MTU negotiations to 2461bis is a non-starter IMHO.  The
purpose of 2461bis is to clarify issues in the existing 2461, not
add new features.

Regards,
Brian

Fred Templin wrote:

> Those interested should perhaps have a look at:
> 
>  http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-iesg-vendor-extensions-01.txt
> 
> before responding to Hesham's question. I am seeing in that
> document some language that may place the bar for acceptance
> quite high indeed if we were to adopt Hesham's choice # 2.
> 
> Thanks - Fred
> ftemplin@iprg.nokia.com
> 
> Soliman Hesham wrote:
> 
>> Folks,
>> I've been following this discussion and trying to understand
>> where people want to solve it. I'm writing my personal
>> conclusion here and please let me know if you disagree.
>>
>> First there is the question of: is this worth solving?
>> and if it is, can it be entirely solved here or do we need to involved 
>> IEEE?
>> There seems to be different opinions here.
>> Without getting into the technical issues, which are discussed in 
>> detail, and assuming that people think it's
>> worth solving, we have two choices in terms of moving forward:
>>
>> 1. Add the MTU negotiation between two nodes in 2461 bis
>> 2. Another spec can define those options
>>
>> The impression I'm getting is that people are in favour of (2) above. 
>> I'm personally in favour of (2) as well.
>> This work seems significant enough to have its own spec. Also, it 
>> seems like it will take some time to work out
>> the details of this optimisation and get concensus
>> on the details.
>> So can we move forward based on this conclusion
>> and not put this in 2461bis ?
>>
>> Thanks, Hesham
>>
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