[manet] DLEP LID extension

Eugene Reznik <ujenreznik@gmail.com> Sat, 18 August 2018 10:56 UTC

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Subject: [manet] DLEP LID extension
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Hello,

I wanted to make sure that I correctly understand the
draft-ietf-manet-dlep-lid-extension-02 .

The draft says in paragraph 3.1. that the default length of the link
identifier data item is 4.
However, in paragraph 3.2. it says that the default length of the link
identifier data item is 5.
The value of 5 made sense in previous drafts in presence of the Flags
field. The Flags field length was 1 octet, which led to the overall length
of 5 (4 octets of the link identifier plus 1 octet of the Flags field).
In this draft there is no mention of the Flags field.

Can you please clarify what is the correct default length of the link
identifier data item and whether the Flags field should be present?

Regards,
Evgeniy Reznik.