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

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Fri, 10 February 2017 00:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt> (Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification) to Internet Standard
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On 02/09/2017 08:36 PM, otroan@employees.org wrote:
>>> I don't think it has. In fact, that's the whole point: some
>>> people have *not* deduced that rule from the RFC2460/RFC1883
>>> wording.
>> 
>> "It has always been clear.... till these proposals on EH insertion
>> arised".
>> 
>> Since some people didn't "deduce" it from the current text, that's
>> a clear indication that a clarification is warranted.
> 
> You can now optimize this discussion without having to bother the
> whole IETF list. Just look up the counter arguments in the previously
> posted summary.

We're moving RFC2460 to full Standard. You have to make arguments to
*change* the spec, not to clarify what's already in there -- for
instance, ne would expect that part of the benefit of the process is to
clarify the spec where necessary.

If you can make enough of a case to enable EH insertion, then propose
that as what it actually is: a *modification* to the spec.

If we move RFC2460 to full Std without even being able to tell people
whether this is an end-to-end protocol or not, I think that would be a
*very* bad outcome.

Me, I'm done with this discussion. A number of us (Enno Rey, Mark Smith,
and others) have commented on our view on the topic (for IETF folks that
didn't participate in the 6man discussions).

Cheers,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
e-mail: fgont@si6networks.com
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