Re: nhrp-05 ????? - Destination Prefix Extension

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> > From [e-mail] Wed Nov  1 13:55:17 1995
> > From: [e-mail]
> > Date: Wed, 01 Nov 95 16:33:12 EST  
> > To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
> > Subject: Re: nhrp-05 ????? - Destination Prefix Extension
> > From: [e-mail]
> 
> Russell,
>                          
> > >>> "when the Request ID is zero filled the match is made                      
> > >>> based only on the Destination Address"...                                  
> > >>> I believe Andrew has already made this point in an earlier posting.        
> >                                                                                
> > I assume that once the missing paragraph is added, a server should be          
> > able to purge by setting the request-id to zero if it chooses to purge         
> > without using the request-id.                                                  
> 
> Again, to avoid having options and useless checks in the code, just 
> specify that the request-id field in a Purge has no meaning to a receiver.
> No protocol functionality is lost by this simplification and interoperability
> will be enhanced.
> 

If we declare that it has no meaning to a receiver in a Purge message, why 
should we keep it in the Purge message at all?  If nothing is lost, I say 
yank it out and be done with it.


>
> Andrew

- Chris