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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Specify IPv6 flow label for QUIC (#2348)

Brian E Carpenter <notifications@github.com> Mon, 21 January 2019 19:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Specify IPv6 flow label for QUIC (#2348)
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Not only are there in theory no IPv6 NATs, but as a consequence their behaviour is not specified - in particular, whether they should copy the flow label. By analogy with what [RFC 6437](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6437) says about firewalls, they might regenerate the flow label.

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