Re: [mpls] Last Call: <draft-ietf-mpls-in-udp-04.txt> (Encapsulating MPLS in UDP) to Proposed Standard

Spencer Dawkins <spencerdawkins.ietf@gmail.com> Fri, 24 January 2014 22:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: [mpls] Last Call: <draft-ietf-mpls-in-udp-04.txt> (Encapsulating MPLS in UDP) to Proposed Standard
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On 01/23/2014 06:07 PM, Alia Atlas wrote:
> I don't want to get in the way of vehement discussion, but I thought 
> we were on the verge of finding an actual solution...
>
> IMHO, that was a combination of an applicability statement, using 
> SHOULD for congestion control and checksum, and defining a longer-term 
> OAM-based approach (as Stewart Bryant suggested) to be able to verify 
> that packet corruption or excessive drops aren't happening.
>
> Does that sound like an acceptable set?

Alia, I certainly hope so (speaking as an individual), and I appreciate 
you conjuring up the specter of an applicability statement (speaking as 
TSV AD).

I expect to find that helpful.

Spencer