Re: [tsvwg] New Version Notification for draft-herbert-udp-space-hdr-01.txt

[Tom Herbert <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 7:51 AM Joe Touch <[e-mail]> wrote:

> This approach serves absolutely no useful purpose.
>

Obviously, I disagree with that assessment. See the motivations section in
the draft.


> The UDP options already provide a vehicle for others to use the surplus
> space and it already consumes the entirety of that space.
>
> I hope those in the WG interested in improving UDP options will comment on
> the other posted issues instead.


Well, I've already posted many comments on that UDP options proposal, I
would hope my proposal gets equally constructive feedback from the WG (more
than just an arbitrary statement that it has no useful purpose).

Tom



> Joe
>
> > On Jul 8, 2019, at 4:52 PM, Tom Herbert <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've posted a new draft version for the UDP surplus space header. The
> > version provides detail on the use cases of the UDP Surplus Header as
> > a protocol trailer and protocol header. Also, I added a motivations
> > section and added appendices for implementation considerations.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: <[e-mail]>
> > Date: Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 4:48 PM
> > Subject: New Version Notification for draft-herbert-udp-space-hdr-01.txt
> > To: Tom Herbert <[e-mail]>
> >
> >
> >
> > A new version of I-D, draft-herbert-udp-space-hdr-01.txt
> > has been successfully submitted by Tom Herbert and posted to the
> > IETF repository.
> >
> > Name:           draft-herbert-udp-space-hdr
> > Revision:       01
> > Title:          UDP Surplus Header
> > Document date:  2019-07-08
> > Group:          Individual Submission
> > Pages:          16
> > URL:
> > https://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-herbert-udp-space-hdr-01.txt
> > Status:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-herbert-udp-space-hdr/
> > Htmlized:
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-herbert-udp-space-hdr-01
> > Htmlized:
> > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-herbert-udp-space-hdr
> > Diff:
> https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-herbert-udp-space-hdr-01
> >
> > Abstract:
> >   This specification defines the UDP Surplus Header that is an
> >   extensible and generic format applied to the UDP surplus space. The
> >   UDP surplus space comprises the bytes between the end of the UDP
> >   datagram, as indicated by the UDP Length field, and the end of the IP
> >   packet, as indicated by IP packet or payload length. The UDP Surplus
> >   Header can be either a protocol trailer of the UDP datagram, or a
> >   protocol header which effectively serves as an extended UDP header.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of
> submission
> > until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.
> >
> > The IETF Secretariat
> >
>
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