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Re: I-D Action: draft-gont-6man-ipv6-universal-extension-header-01.txt

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 07 May 2014 20:48 UTC

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Fernando,

On 07/05/2014 22:39, Fernando Gont wrote:
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>> Nits: I don't see why this draft is tagged as Standards Track
>> and Updates 2460. It's an informational discussion.

(My error: it claims to update 6564 in fact, but my comment stands.)

> 
> It's std track. And the "update" tag is because the UEH would be part of
> the v6 specification (not to mention that otherwise it would be
> virtually impossible for an IPv6 implementer to spot this document in
> the first place).

Sorry, that seems completely wrong to me. draft-gont-6man-rfc6564bis
is clearly standards track and this one clearly isn't. To quote
the Abstract, it "analyzes a problem... and discusses a number of
possible solutions." That's Informational.

   Brian



> 
> 
> 
>> Please change the title of the draft. At the moment it has
>> the same title as draft-gont-6man-rfc6564bis.
> 
> Will do.
> 
> Thanks!

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