Re: [secdir] Secdir last call review of draft-ietf-babel-source-specific-06

Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr> Wed, 28 October 2020 14:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: [secdir] Secdir last call review of draft-ietf-babel-source-specific-06
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>   “A node MUST NOT send more that one Source Prefix sub-TLV in a TLV,
>    and a node receiving more than one Source Prefix sub-TLV in a single
>    TLV SHOULD ignore this TLV.  It MAY ignore the whole packet.”

> 2. This paragraph implies that a node might accept the TLV with more than one
> Source Prefix sub-TLV, but it does not state when a node can do that. You might
> want to elaborate on the conditions that a node is allowed to do that.

Right.  I've made this a MUST, which reflects implementation practice.
Group, please feel free to object if you think this is the wrong choice.

-- Juliusz