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Re: [spring] Is srv6 PSP a good idea

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Wed, 26 February 2020 21:26 UTC

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Subject: Re: [spring] Is srv6 PSP a good idea
To: Sander Steffann <sander@steffann.nl>, "john leddy.net" <john@leddy.net>
Cc: Robert Raszuk <robert@raszuk.net>, spring@ietf.org, 6man WG <ipv6@ietf.org>
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From: Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com>
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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:26:02 -0300
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On 26/2/20 18:20, Sander Steffann wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
>> So you are saying that other than the PSP issue, you support moving the document forward?
> 
> Yes. As long as it doesn't violate existing RFCs and with that potentially causes trouble for implementations that expect those RFCs to be followed I'm fine with it. It's not something I would deploy, but I'm not going to stand in the way of those who want it if it's not going to hurt others.

Indeed, that's the underlying principle: don't violate existing specs, 
and if you mean to, propose a formal update of RFC8200.

(I don't remember of the top of my head if PSP was the only part of the 
document violating RFC8200, hence my general comment).


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