Re: [MBONED] Fwd: I-D Action:draft-ietf-mboned-rfc3171bis-06.txt

[Michelle Cotton <[e-mail]>]

As part of the mini-last call Marshall just announced in the WG meeting here in San Francisco, we need to sort this out now.
Can someone let us know if something needs to be done regarding the gap Alfred describes?  This needs to be sorted out before Friday so that Marshall can submit to the IESG.

Thanks!

Michelle
IANA


On 3/23/09 12:51 PM, "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]> wrote:

Hello all,

> Today, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
>
> We regard this draft as now ready to go to the IESG, and will
> so announce in session today.
>
> I plan to do this after the close of this week (after Friday).
> Please consider this as a informal "mini-last call" to make
> sure that all of the issues raised were addressed.
>
> Regards
> Marshall


I had raised an (IMHO) important technical issue for the -05 version
of the rfc3171bis draft and now see it has _not_ been addressed.


!  The only significant sub-topic left open in the -05 draft version
!  is the remaining (single) gap in the multicast address space covered
!  by the table in Section 3; for completeness and clarity, the tagged
!  line shown below should be inserted at the indicated place:
!
!  ----snip----
!   224.2.0.0 - 224.2.255.255     (/16)      SDP/SAP Block
!  |
!  |224.3.0.0 - 224.251.255.255   (249 /16)  RESERVED
!  :
!  :224.252.0.0 - 224.255.255.255 (/14)      RESERVED
!  ----snip----
!
!  Or is this address range designated for other purposes?
!
!  The third range is the ex "DIS Transient Groups" range returned
!  to IANA. If the missing long range shall remain in the RESERVED
!  state, conceivably the latter two ranges could be joined:
!
!  ----snip----
!   224.2.0.0 - 224.2.255.255     (/16)      SDP/SAP Block
!  |
!  |224.3.0.0 - 224.255.255.255   (253 /16)  RESERVED
!  ----snip----

For reference, please see:

  http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/mboned/current/msg00779.html
  http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/mboned/current/msg00780.html

for the original message (including other minor issues as well)
and Michelle's call for comments on the list.
Browsing the MBONED list archive, I unfortunately could not find
any follow-up messages filed there;
thus, the flaw should not be blamed to the draft authors.

++++>>  WG, please take care of this gap and advice the authors.
++++>>  Thanks!

Kind regards,
  Alfred HÎnes.

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