Re: [mpls] Update to the bullets on the first page of my review of draft-song-mpls-extension-header-09

Loa Andersson <loa@pi.nu> Thu, 08 September 2022 09:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [mpls] Update to the bullets on the first page of my review of draft-song-mpls-extension-header-09
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Tony,

I'm fine with your proposed text for the framework.

What I don't understand is why we should not add something to the 
requirements also.

/Loa

On 2022-09-05 19:13, Tony Li wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
>>  Should we also add that the definition of a network action MUST 
>> specify its interaction with all other currently defined network actions?
> 
> 
> You want deterministic semantics too? :-)
> 
> I can live with that.  Revised text:
> 
>     For MNA to be consistent across implementations and predictable
>     in operational environments, its semantics need to be entirely
>     predictable. A solution MUST specify a deterministic order for
>     processing each of the Network Actions in a packet. Each Network
>     Action must specify how it interacts with all other previously
>     defined Network Actions.
> 
> 
> Tony
> 

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