Re: rfc2460bis and Frag ID generation

Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> Thu, 04 February 2016 20:33 UTC

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Subject: Re: rfc2460bis and Frag ID generation
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From: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com>
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> On Feb 4, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> wrote:
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> On 02/04/2016 05:05 PM, Bob Hinden wrote:
>> Fernanco,
>> 
>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 11:42 AM, Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 02/04/2016 04:24 PM, Bob Hinden wrote:
>>> [....]
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>> 
>>>> I looked at this earlier and also thought the 32-bit wrap around
>>>> counter text was dated.  I am OK with something similar to what you
>>>> proposed.  My read of the current text is that it is describes the
>>>> 32-bit wrap around counter as an example, as opposed the only way to
>>>> do it, so an update like this would be OK.
>>>> 
>>>> Other comments?
>>> 
>>> BTW, please let me know if the current version will not be revised in
>>> less than, say, 1 week, and I could do a full review….
>> 
>> Not sure, other than this possible change, I don’t have anything else queued up.
> 
> I meant... if the I-D is going to be stable for a few days, I can do a
> complete review. Otherwise I'd wait for the next rev, so that I review
> the updated doc…

I promise not to make any changes until next week :-)

More importantly, I doubt there will be any major changes going forward.

Bob

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> Cheers,
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> Fernando Gont
> SI6 Networks
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