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Re: Joel Jaeggli's Discuss on draft-ietf-6man-ext-transmit-04: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)

Roland Bless <roland.bless@kit.edu> Tue, 08 October 2013 21:09 UTC

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From: Roland Bless <roland.bless@kit.edu>
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Subject: Re: Joel Jaeggli's Discuss on draft-ietf-6man-ext-transmit-04: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
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Hi Brian,

On 08.10.2013 21:45, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> NEW
>    Today, IPv6 packets are often forwarded not only on the basis of their
>    first 40 bytes by straightforward IP routing. Some routers, and a
>    variety of intermediate nodes often referred to as middleboxes, such
>    as firewalls, load balancers, or packet classifiers, inspect other
>    parts of each packet.

Yes, but not necessarily?
I guess a NAT66 device is quite happy with processing the first 40 bytes
only. Not clear what's the exact purpose of these sentences
(definition of what a middlebox is or the fact that other parts
are also of interest for middleboxes),
but probably it's better to insert a "may also" before "inspect other".

Regards,
 Roland

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