Rev to ASYM-ID following WG Review

Gorry Fairhurst <gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Fri, 09 November 2001 12:07 UTC

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After much debate, a lot of suggested test, many comments, and a great
deal of looking at why section 3 exists... We will shortly issue a new
revision of the asym draft. 

It may come as a pleasant surprise that this is only SLIGHTLY different
to that sent for PILC WG Review !!! 

The key points are:

(i) The size of section 3 is reduced - many people were uncomfortable
with a large number of technology-dependent examples.  The section now
speaks only of the two under-lying roots of asymmetry. An appendix now
provides the list of example subnetworks exhibiting asymmetry.

(ii) The appendix text, mostly taken from the former section 3,
provides a set of examples. Placing the text in the appendix allows
slightly more detail, and specific examples to be quoted.  There are
small, but IMPORTANT, changes to the wording here to make the description
more technically relevant and correct.

(iii) Changes to the rest of the text are only MINOR, responding to NiTs
received, and some typos.

The new ID will be issued shortly, but if you need to see the revised
text before then, a rough formatted copy is currently at:
http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gorry/ietf/draft-ietf-pilc-asym-07e.txt

Best wishes,

PILC ASYM Authors