Re: Next steps for draft-gont-6man-predictable-fragment-id

Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com> Thu, 07 March 2013 10:10 UTC

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Subject: Re: Next steps for draft-gont-6man-predictable-fragment-id
From: Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com>
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Simon,

>> - Is there interest in working on it in 6man?
>>   (if yes, you must be willing to contribute, if no, then say why)
> 
> Yes.
> 
> I think the document is very useful. The fact that there are so many popular implementations out there that get this kind of thing wrong shows a need for good documentation. This draft explains the problem, says clearly what needs to be done, and describes good and practical algorithms. And there's a survey of current implementations as a bonus in the appendix. This is exactly the kind of good quality information that the IETF needs to provide.

- are you willing to work on the document?
- do you think this should be done in 6man or elsewhere?

cheers,
Ole