Re: [mpls] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC7439 (4595)
Loa Andersson <loa@pi.nu> Tue, 02 February 2016 05:17 UTC
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Subject: Re: [mpls] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC7439 (4595)
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Working Group, Deborah, This errata has been posted four two weeks, with no one speaking up against it. We've consulted with the authors, they agree that is is correct. I think we are ready to approve it. Deborah, Can you mark the errata approved. /Loa mpls wg co-chair On 2016-01-16 04:08, RFC Errata System wrote: > The following errata report has been submitted for RFC7439, > "Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS Networks". > > -------------------------------------- > You may review the report below and at: > http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=7439&eid=4595 > > -------------------------------------- > Type: Editorial > Reported by: Adrian Farrel <adrian@olddog.co.uk> > > Section: 3.5 > > Original Text > ------------- > RFC 3811 [RFC3811] defines the textual conventions for MPLS. These > lack support for IPv6 in defining MplsExtendedTunnelId and > MplsLsrIdentifier. These textual conventions are used in the MPLS-TE > MIB specification [RFC3812], the GMPLS-TE MIB specification [RFC4802] > and the FRR extension [RFC6445]. "Definitions of Textual Conventions > (TCs) for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management" [MPLS-TC] > tries to resolve this gap by marking this textual convention as > obsolete. > > Corrected Text > -------------- > RFC 3811 [RFC3811] defines the textual conventions for MPLS. These > lack support for IPv6 in defining MplsExtendedTunnelId. This textual > conventions is used in the MPLS-TE MIB specification [RFC3812], the > GMPLS-TE MIB specification [RFC4802], and the FRR extension > [RFC6445]. "Definitions of Textual Conventions (TCs) for > Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management" [MPLS-TC] tries > to resolve this gap by marking this textual convention as obsolete. > > Notes > ----- > Section 3.5 comments about MplsLsrIdentifier. > It says that RFC 3811 "lack[s] support for IPv6 in defining MplsExtendedTunnelId and MplsLsrIdentifier." It also says that "[MPLS-TC] tries to resolve this gap by marking this textual convention as obsolete." > > Note that the second quote refers to just one TC. > > Looking at 3811, 5036, and (most importantly) 7552, it seems to me that the LSR Identifier is *always* a 32 bit quantity regardless of whether the LDP system is v4-only, v4/v6, or v6-only. > > Furthermore, draft-manral-mpls-rfc3811bis (i.e., [MPLS-TC]) clearly shows no > change to MplsLsrIdentifier while marking MplsExtendedTunnelId as obsolete. > > Notwithstanding that draft-manral-mpls-rfc3811bis appears to have been abandoned in state "candidate for WG adoption", it looks to me that RFC 7439 has an error we could call a typo. > > Instructions: > ------------- > This erratum is currently posted as "Reported". If necessary, please > use "Reply All" to discuss whether it should be verified or > rejected. When a decision is reached, the verifying party (IESG) > can log in to change the status and edit the report, if necessary. > > -------------------------------------- > RFC7439 (draft-ietf-mpls-ipv6-only-gap-04) > -------------------------------------- > Title : Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS Networks > Publication Date : January 2015 > Author(s) : W. George, Ed., C. Pignataro, Ed. > Category : INFORMATIONAL > Source : Multiprotocol Label Switching > Area : Routing > Stream : IETF > Verifying Party : IESG >
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