Re: [MEXT] draft-ietf-mext-flow-binding -09 vs -10
George Tsirtsis <tsirtsis <at> gmail.com>
2010-10-04 19:06:08 GMT
FWIW, the bits that used to make up the Action field are still there
and still available (i.e., reserved for future use).
The WG can at any time turn these back to a Action field, assuming
someone comes up with a valid action. The effort needed to do this is
not a lot more than having to define a new action value had we
retained the Action field in the specification, so in practice there
is no difference and no flexibility/extensibility has been lost.
Having said that, there aren't that many things one can do to a packet
(i.e., possible actions) and we have considered a number of them, all
of which have been rejected.
George
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Behcet Sarikaya
<behcetsarikaya <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>From: "Laganier, Julien" <julienl <at> qualcomm.com>
>>To: Behcet Sarikaya <sarikaya <at> ieee.org>; George Tsirtsis
>><tsirtsis <at> googlemail.com>; Hesham Soliman <Hesham <at> elevatemobile.com>;
>>"mext <at> ietf.org" <mext <at> ietf.org>
>>Cc: "Tsirtsis, George" <tsirtsis <at> qualcomm.com>
>>Sent: Mon, October 4, 2010 12:43:32 PM
>>Subject: RE: [MEXT] draft-ietf-mext-flow-binding -09 vs -10
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>>There were only two meaningful values for the Action field, forward and discard.
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>>Lars Eggert (TSV AD) had a DISCUSS on the basis that the discard action turns
>>MIPv6 into a firewall control protocol, and thus we removed the discard action.
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>>With only one Action left, i.e., forward, the Action field lost its meaning and
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> I respectfully disagree.
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> This field has been there all over. It should be kept possibly with a statement
> other actions TBD.
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> Regards,
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> Behcet
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>>--julien
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>>From:mext-bounces <at> ietf.org [mailto:mext-bounces <at> ietf.org] On Behalf Of Behcet
>>Sarikaya
>>Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 9:31 AM
>>To: George Tsirtsis; Hesham Soliman; mext <at> ietf.org
>>Cc: Tsirtsis, George
>>Subject: [MEXT] draft-ietf-mext-flow-binding -09 vs -10
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>>Dear authors,
>> There was an action field in Flow Identification Mobility Option in -09. This
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>>field has been removed in -10.
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>>Any explanation why? Please indicate if there was a comment for removing it.
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>>Regards,
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>>Behcet
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