Feedback on the use of Hop-by-Hop options extension header (draft-francois-dots-ipv6-signal-option-01)

[Jérôme François <[e-mail]>]

Dear all,

We are working on a DOTS draft about using the Hop-by-Hop option header
to encapsulated DDoS signaling  within network to enabel a kind of
epidemic propagation
(https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-francois-dots-ipv6-signal-option-01)

Some comments have been raised considering the real use of the
Hop-by-Hop option. We would like to ask you your feedback about using it
for very specific signaling among trusted parties. In particular, do you
know any reference to a particular use of Hop-by-Hop in a real case.

We have also followed the mailing list discussion about header insertion,
which obviously concerns our approach since we are extracting and inserting
some info in headers on the paths. Even if this is is limited to specific 
routers in a single domain, we understand that it can create problems and
should maybe use packet encapsulation.

Best regards,