Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt> (Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification) to Internet Standard

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Fri, 03 February 2017 19:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt> (Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification) to Internet Standard
To: "Stefano Previdi (sprevidi)" <sprevidi@cisco.com>
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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On 03/02/2017 21:51, Stefano Previdi (sprevidi) wrote:
> 
>> On Feb 3, 2017, at 1:37 AM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> In Section 4 ("IPv6 Extension Headers") the draft says:
>>
>>>   With one exception, extension headers are not processed by any node
>>>   along a packet's delivery path, until the packet reaches the node (or
>>>   each of the set of nodes, in the case of multicast) identified in the
>>>   Destination Address field of the IPv6 header.
>>
>> (FYI, the exception is the hop-by-hop extension header.)
>>
>> I do not dispute that this sentence reached WG consensus. However, I want
>> to ask if it has IETF consensus. In my opinion, this sentence should read
>>
>>   With one exception, extension headers are not processed, inserted,
>>   deleted or modified by any node along a packet's delivery path, until
>>   the packet reaches the node (or each of the set of nodes, in the case
>>   of multicast) identified in the Destination Address field of the IPv6
>>   header.
>>
>> I believe this was always the intended meaning of the word "processed"
>> from the earliest design phase of IPv6, but some people have read this
>> text as allowing insertion, deletion or modification of headers. IMHO
>> it needs to be clarified.
> 
> 
> are we re-spinning the debate on a WG-agreed text ? 

Yes. That's what an IETF Last Call is about.

   Brian