Re: [Roll] useofrplinfo version 5

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Mon, 18 July 2016 19:16 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Roll] useofrplinfo version 5
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peter van der Stok <stokcons@xs4all.nl> wrote:
    >> (unless we mandate that the E flag is
    >> propogated all the way upwards), then the root has to always use
    >> hop-by-hop IPIP for both 5.2 and 5.3, because the root can't tell
    >> which situation is in play.

    > I thought that this was a good occasion to point that out in the
    > rplinfo document.

Noting that this issue goes away with rfc2460bis... but assuming that wasn't
the case...

if we need to clarify that the E flag is sent upwards, then we *can* say that
in useofrplinfo, because it was designed to be standards track *UPDATE* to
RFC6550.

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