Re: [v6ops] I-D Action: draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops-00 - Fragmentation

[Vasilenko Eduard <[e-mail]>]

Hi Fernando,
I do not believe that the most basic EH (fragmentation) is dropper because "6.1. Inability to Find Layer-4 Information".
I suspect that it is because universal policy to drop all EHs, i.e. Political reason.
Hence, 6.1 is not the best place to squeeze fragmentation problem.

If WG would decide to tell something about "Admin Policy to drop everything", then fragmentation could be inside,
If not - then it is better to have separate bullet for fragmentation.

Many people (who have not seen you previous reports) do not expect that this basic thing does not work in the Internet.

Eduard
-----Original Message-----
From: Fernando Gont [mailto:[e-mail]] 
Sent: 3 августа 2020 г. 13:10
To: Vasilenko Eduard <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [v6ops] I-D Action: draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-ehs-packet-drops-00 - Fragmentation

Hello, Eduard,

On 1/8/20 13:45, Vasilenko Eduard wrote:
> There are many references to Fragmentation documents in "Previous 
> Work" section (and in real measurements too), But Fragmentation is no cited among drop reasons (section 4-6).
> IMHO: It deserves separate bullet in the Table of Contents.

I agree that we should probably say more about fragmentation. However, it would seem to me that this should be part of Section 6.1 (and maybe add a few more words to Section 6.4).

That is, fragmentation is one special case where it may be impossible for systems to find the upper-layer information -- so it would seem to fit in Section Section 6.1.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
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Fernando Gont
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