Re: [v6ops] Call for adoption: draft-peng-v6ops-hbh

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 5:10 AM <otroan@employees.org> wrote:

> We have:
> draft-ietf-6man-hbh-header-handling-03
> IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Extension Header
>
> That in combination with RFC7045 led up to the relaxed rules for
> processing of HBH in RFC8200.
>
> There's also:
> draft-hinden-6man-hbh-processing-01
> IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Processing Procedures
>
> And then this draft which draft-peng-v6ops-hbh seems to be still referring
> to as it's hinting at "control plane" and "data plane" HBH options.
> draft-li-6man-hbh-fwd-hdr-01
> Hop-by-Hop Forwarding Options Header
>
> What I struggle with for draft-peng-v6ops-hbh is figuring out what it says
> that hasn't already been said before.
>

Not a whole heck of a lot -- but it does (IMO) collect and collate a bunch
of existing information in one place. It seems to me that, in many of the
HbH discussions, we have people with very different views of what the
elephant looks like, and having a level-setting document is useful. This
document also has a bunch of "how a modern router works" information (for
some version of 'modern' and 'router') - much of this isn't really
explained on other documents (at least, not easily findable); it might have
been presented in things like the TDD session on "Modern Router
Architectures", but that's not really the same thing. So, in some ways I'm
viewing this as a 'hitch-hikers guide' or 'problem statement and
requirements' type document.

Not trying to sway your view, just explaining my position,
W

> O.
>
>
> > On 9 Sep 2021, at 19:10, Ron Bonica <rbonica=
> 40juniper.net@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > This message initiates a call for adoption for draft-peng-v6ops-hbh (
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-peng-v6ops-hbh/).
> >
> > Please post comments by September 24, 2021.
> >
> >                                                                    Fred
> and Ron
> >
> >
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