Re: [sfc] TTL field within the NSH base header

[Dave Dolson <[e-mail]>]

I think that is improved wording. I support it.

From: sfc [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of James N Guichard
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 2:54 PM
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [sfc] TTL field within the NSH base header

Dear WG:

Having reviewed all of the email discussion on the mailing list it appears to the chairs that we have consensus to add a TTL field to the NSH base header. We would like to propose the following changes:

Section 3.2:
Update figure 2 as follows:

     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |Ver|O|R|    TTL    |   Length  |R|R|R|R|MD Type| Next Protocol |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Add the following text after figure 2:

TTL: Service plane time-to-live. An SFF MUST decrement the TTL by a value of 1 for all NSH packets it receives. Decrementing by a value of 1 from 0 shall result in a TTL value of 63. The default for originating an NSH packet is a TTL value of 63. The decrement SHALL occur before testing for 0. After decrement, if the TTL is 0, the NSH packet MUST NOT be forwarded.

Section 3.4:
Update figure 4 to reflect the new base header format as per section 3.2 base header.

Section 3.5:
Update figure 5 to reflect the new base header format as per section 3.2 base header.

Section 12.2.1:
Current text is as follows:

   There are ten bits at the beginning of the NSH Base Header.  New bits
   are assigned via Standards Action [RFC5226].

   Bits 0-1 - Version
   Bit 2 - OAM (O bit)
   Bit 3 - Critical TLV (C bit)
   Bits 4-9 - Reserved

Replace entire text as follows:

   There are eight reserved bits in the NSH Base Header. New bits
   are assigned via Standards Action [RFC5226].

   Bits 0-1 - Version
   Bit 2 - OAM (O bit)
   Bit 3 - Reserved
   Bits 16-19 - Reserved

Section 12.2.3:
Current text has the MD-type as 8-bit values.

Update text for this section and table 1 to reflect 4-bit values *not* 8-bit values.

Please review carefully and indicate support for these changes (or any changes to the suggested text).

Thanks,

Jim & Joel