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Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops

Gert Doering <gert@space.net> Mon, 28 March 2016 18:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] WG Doc? draft-gont-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops
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Hi,

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 06:38:12PM +0100, otroan@employees.org wrote:
> making processing of extension headers hard was considered by Steve to be a feature.
> 
> that's well known. 

Well, the advertising literature for IPv6 claims that the EHs are there
to make processing *easier*...

Maybe we should just document this formally "the IETF considers the
difficulties caused by EHs a feature, so feel free to drop them if that
annoys you, or stay with IPv4" and go on?

Gert Doering
        -- NetMaster
-- 
have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?

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