Re: [radext] Update RFC 6929 in draft-ietf-radext-radius-fragmentation

Alan DeKok <aland@deployingradius.com> Tue, 18 March 2014 21:58 UTC

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Subject: Re: [radext] Update RFC 6929 in draft-ietf-radext-radius-fragmentation
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Jim Schaad wrote:
> While it is true that an implementer of 6929 does not need to see this
> document, it is also true that this document is effectively allocating a
> bit from a structure that is in that document.  If this document does
> not update 6929, then it is possible that the next document to update
> that structure will fail to notice this and allocate the same bit for a
> different purpose.

  I hope we're all smart enough to remember that the bit is allocated.
If we're not... the WG should be shut down.

> I believe that this update relationship needs to be retained.

  It may be useful, but IETF process may forbid it.

  Alan DeKok.