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

"Jim Schaad" <ietf@augustcellars.com> Tue, 18 March 2014 17:52 UTC

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From: Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com>
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Subject: Re: [radext] Update RFC 6929 in draft-ietf-radext-radius-fragmentation
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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 believe that this update relationship needs to be retained.

 

Jim

 

 

From: radext [mailto:radext-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Benoit Claise
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Subject: [radext] Update RFC 6929 in draft-ietf-radext-radius-fragmentation

 

Dear all,

Following Lionel's question during the RADEXT meeting regarding the "update
RFC 6929" in draft-ietf-radext-radius-fragmentation-04, I was asked to look
into this question. 

RFC 3967 and RFC 4897 are about the reverse, i.e. normative downref, so no
problem here. 
The question is: does it even make sense for an experimental RFC to update
another RFC? 

Checking with one fellow IESG member, we don't think this the draft Updates
6929. Nobody implementing 6929 has to look at this document. And we think an
Experimental document updating a standards track document is bad form, even
if not specifically forbidden. There's a normative reference to 6929;
Updates is not needed.

Regards, Benoit