Re: [v6ops] Extension Headers / Impact on Security Devices

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Fri, 26 June 2015 07:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Extension Headers / Impact on Security Devices
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On 06/17/2015 01:45 AM, Fred Baker (fred) wrote:
> 
>> On Jun 16, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Brian E Carpenter
>> <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Personally I still think RFC 7045 is the most realistic on this
>> point, but Fred would like things to get better ;-).
> 
> And I haven't finished with Dennis Ferguson's comment.
> 
> Bottom line, if one accepts the present status quo as the state
> forever, then we should stop with RFC 7045, and (with Fernando) agree
> to deprecate all extension headers. I'd like to not do that, and the
> only way I see to not do that is to not accept the status quo.

Not sure if that's simply a matter of an error in punctuation (or in my
interpretation)... but for the record, I'm not arguing in favor of
deprecating IPv6 EHs. Actually, I've worked to figured out what's the
status quo, and working on stuff that may help to change that (e.g.,
RFC7112).

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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