Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops
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On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 9:54 AM Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com> wrote: >> >> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 5:51 PM, Brian E Carpenter >> <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On 14/03/2016 09:59, Tom Herbert wrote: >> > ... >> >> the point of using flow label is >> >> that it eliminates the need to parse extension headers in the first >> >> place for the ECMP use case. It would be nice if this benefit was and >> >> the need for flow label support were better enunciated in the draft. >> > >> > I'll be the least likely person on the planet to disagree with that, >> > but it is already part of the IPv6 standards (RFC6437 - see 2nd and 3rd >> > paragraphs of the Introduction) and has been in the IPv6 Node >> > Requirements >> > since 2011 (RFC434). >> > >> Brian, >> >> These are good descriptions flow label usage, but I don't see that >> they set requirements as to 1) whether end host must/should/may send >> non-zero flow labels with flow entropy 2) whether ECMP devices >> must/should/may use non-zero flow labels as input to their hash, or 3) >> if hosts use the flow label for EMCP must/should/may they parse any >> deeper to extract additional L4 entropy. RFC6438 comes close and >> answering #1, but that RFC is only applicable to tunnels. >> >> Pertaining to this draft, there is an observation that flow labels >> would obviate the need for middle boxes to parse the header chain, > > > I think I must have missed something somewhere / lost the plot -- which > draft is "this" draft? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops? > I don't think that draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops says that at all > -- if the *only* thing that the middlebox is doing is load-balancing / ECMP, > then this may be true, but in many cases "middleboxes" (a term which seems > about as vague as "thingies") are doing many other things, including > filtering, encapsulation, translation, monitoring / measurement, > "optimization", prioritization, etc. > Section 4.1.2 of draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops-03 discusses ECMP. ECMP is a fundamental feature in switches, we currently rely it on to get good load balancing across network fabrics. > But, as I said, I suspect I've lost the plot somewhere along the line... > W > >> >> however the draft also states historically neither end nodes nor >> routers support. It seem like there should at least be a >> recommendation in "Future work" section on how to attain widespread >> support flow label. >> >> Thanks, >> Tom >> >> > Brian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> v6ops mailing list >> v6ops@ietf.org >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/v6ops
- [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-… Fred Baker (fred)
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fred Baker (fred)
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Doug Barton
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Tom Herbert
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Nick Hilliard
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Tom Herbert
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Mark Smith
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Nick Hilliard
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Mark Smith
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Tom Herbert
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Warren Kumari
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Tom Herbert
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Warren Kumari
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Tom Herbert
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Nick Hilliard
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Tom Herbert
- [v6ops] Flow label setting [WG Doc? draft-gont-v6… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Nick Hilliard
- Re: [v6ops] Flow label setting [WG Doc? draft-gon… Tom Herbert
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] Flow label setting [WG Doc? draft-gon… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Warren Kumari
- Re: [v6ops] Flow label setting [WG Doc? draft-gon… Warren Kumari
- Re: [v6ops] Flow label setting [WG Doc? draft-gon… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] Flow label setting [WG Doc? draft-gon… Warren Kumari
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Nick Hilliard
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Nick Hilliard
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Nick Hilliard
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Tom Herbert
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Nick Hilliard
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Tom Herbert
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Lorenzo Colitti
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Nick Hilliard
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Tom Herbert
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… joel jaeggli
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Nick Hilliard
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… joel jaeggli
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fred Baker (fred)
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Lorenzo Colitti
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Lorenzo Colitti
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Lorenzo Colitti
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Nick Hilliard
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fred Baker (fred)
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Gert Doering
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fred Baker (fred)
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Tom Herbert
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fred Baker (fred)
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Mark Smith
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Mark Smith
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Mark Smith
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… otroan
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fred Baker (fred)
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Mark Smith
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fred Baker (fred)
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Fernando Gont
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… joel jaeggli
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Mark Smith
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Mark Smith
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Ray Hunter (v6ops)
- Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-pac… Joe Touch