Re: SRH insertion vs SRH insertion + encapsulation

Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> Sat, 07 September 2019 12:43 UTC

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Subject: Re: SRH insertion vs SRH insertion + encapsulation
To: Robert Raszuk <robert@raszuk.net>
Cc: Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com>, draft-voyer-6man-extension-header-insertion <draft-voyer-6man-extension-header-insertion@ietf.org>, "6man@ietf.org" <6man@ietf.org>
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Robert Raszuk wrote on 07/09/2019 13:34:
>     So you are telling me that the document that proposes EH insertion
>     doesn't contain the rationale for it, and we should go and look
>     elsewhere?
> 
> 
> Deployment experience is never part of standards track document. And it 
> should never be.

Robert,

you're perilously close to suggesting that operational input is 
irrelevant to protocol standards development.

Nick