Hi Rebecca,

It seems good to me. However, I would like either Ines or Aris (ROLL WG
chairs) to also confirm this is ok to go without a check with the WG.

Thanks,
Ketan


On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM Rebecca VanRheenen <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Ketan,
>
> As AD, please review and approve the changes listed below. These are best
> viewed in the following diff file:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866-alt-diff.html.
>
> - addition of “MUST” in last sentence of third bullet in Section 5.1
> - addition of “MAY” in last sentence in Section 5.5
> - addition of “MUST” in second paragraph in Section 6.3
>
> Thank you,
>
> Rebecca VanRheenen
> RFC Production Center
>
>
>
> > On Sep 25, 2025, at 6:54 PM, Rebecca VanRheenen <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Konrad,
> >
> > Thank you for responding to our questions! We updated the document
> accordingly. Note that we did not make any changes per question #6 as there
> should not be any confusion for readers and the current is consistent with
> RFC 6550 (thanks for pointing that out!).
> >
> > In a separate email, we will ask the AD to approve the changes that
> involve 2119 keywords (we consider those changes to be “above editorial”).
> >
> > Please review the document carefully to ensure satisfaction as we do not
> make changes once it has been published as an RFC. Contact us with any
> further updates or with your approval of the document in its current form.
> >
> > Here are the updated files (you may need to refresh):
> >
> > Updated XML file:
> >   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866.xml
> >
> > Updated output files:
> >   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866.txt
> >   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866.pdf
> >   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866.html
> >
> > Diff file showing all changes made during AUTH48:
> >   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866-auth48diff.html
> >   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866-auth48rfcdiff.html (side
> by side)
> >
> > Diff files showing all changes:
> >   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866-diff.html
> >   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866-rfcdiff.html (side by side)
> >   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866-alt-diff.html (shows
> changes where text is moved or deleted)
> >
> > For the AUTH48 status of this document, please see:
> >   https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9866
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Rebecca VanRheenen
> > RFC Production Center
> >
> >
> >> On Sep 24, 2025, at 3:19 PM, Konrad Iwanicki <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear Kaelin and Rebecca,
> >>
> >> Thank you for your suggestions! I really appreciate how much effort
> they involved. Please, find my comments inline.
> >>
> >> On 23/09/2025 19:57, [email protected] wrote:
> >>> 1) <!-- [rfced] FYI - This document contained many non-ASCII
> characters used for
> >>> punctuation, such as smart quotes and en dashes. We updated to use the
> >>> ASCII equivalents per the Web Portion of the Style Guide (see
> >>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/styleguide/part2/#nonascii).
> >>> To help you with your review, we created the following alt-diff file
> that does
> >>> not contain any of those changes (i.e., changes from non-ASCII
> punctuation to
> >>> ASCII equivalent):
> >>>  https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866-alt-diff.html
> >>> This diff file includes all of changes:
> >>>  https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9866-diff.html
> >>> -->
> >>
> >> Approved.
> >>
> >>> 2) <!-- [rfced] Please note that the title of the document has been
> updated as
> >>> follows. We expanded abbreviations per Section 3.6 of RFC 7322 ("RFC
> >>> Style Guide") and also revised "Fast Border Router Crash Detection" to
> >>> improve readability. Let us know any concerns.
> >>> Original:
> >>>  RNFD: Fast border router crash detection in RPL
> >>> Current:
> >>>  Root Node Failure Detector (RNFD): Fast Detection of Border Router
> Crashes
> >>>  in the Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)
> >>> -->
> >>
> >> Approved.
> >>
> >>> 3) <!-- [rfced] We were unable to find the terms "control traffic",
> "Trickle
> >>> algorithm", or "DODAG" in RFC 6202. Should this citation be updated to
> >>> RFC 6206?
> >>> Original:
> >>>   Finally, switching a parent or discovering a loop can also generate
> >>>   cascaded bursts of control traffic, owing to the adaptive Trickle
> algorithm
> >>>   for exchanging DODAG information [RFC6202].
> >>> -->
> >>
> >> Approved. Of course this should be RFC 6206.
> >>
> >>> 4) <!-- [rfced] Is "if possible" needed here?
> >>> Original:
> >>>   Given the consequences of LBR failures, if possible, it is also worth
> >>>   considering other solutions to the problem.
> >>> Perhaps:
> >>>   Given the consequences of LBR failures, it is also worth
> >>>   considering other solutions to the problem.
> >>> -->
> >>
> >> Approved. The proposed version makes more sense.
> >>
> >>> 5) <!-- [rfced] Would including a reference for "generic format of RPL
> Control
> >>> Message Options" be helpful to readers?
> >>> Original:
> >>>   The format of the RNFD Option conforms to the generic format of RPL
> >>>   Control Message Options:
> >>> -->
> >>
> >> Yes, certainly. In case you need it, it is in Section 6.7.1 of RFC 6550.
> >>
> >>> 6) <!-- [rfced] Section 4.2: We note that "Type" appears in Figure 2,
> but that it
> >>> is defined as "Option Type" in the definition list that follows. Are
> any
> >>> updates needed for consistency?
> >>> -->
> >>
> >> I put "Type" in the figure, because "Option Type = 0x0E" would not fit.
> This approach is consistent with RFC 6550: compare in particular Figure 19
> with Figures 20, 21, 22, and the like. However, it makes sense to make this
> more explicit. What I would do, if possible, would be changing the legend
> under the figure as follows.
> >>
> >> OLD:
> >> Option Type:  0x0E
> >>
> >> NEW:
> >> Type:  RPL Option Type = 0x0E.
> >>
> >>> 7) <!-- [rfced] We have updated this long sentence to be two sentences
> to improve
> >>> readability. Please review to confirm these updates do not change your
> >>> intended meaning (in particular, our addition of another "MUST" in the
> >>> second sentence).
> >>> Original:
> >>>   *  for “UP” and “SUSPECTED DOWN”, the node MUST set its LORS to “UP”,
> >>>      MUST NOT modify it PositiveCFRC, but MUST add itself to
> >>>      NegativeCFRC, that is, replace its NegativeCFRC, denoted oldnc,
> >>>      with newnc = merge(oldnc, selfc), where selfc is the counter
> >>>      generated with self() when the node last added itself to its
> >>>      PositiveCFRC.
> >>> Current:
> >>>   *  For "UP" and "SUSPECTED DOWN", the node MUST set its LORS to "UP"
> and
> >>>      MUST NOT modify its PositiveCFRC, but it MUST add itself to
> >>>      NegativeCFRC.  That is, it MUST replace its NegativeCFRC (denoted
> oldnc)
> >>>      with newnc = merge(oldnc, selfc), where selfc is the counter
> >>>      generated with self() when the node last added itself to its
> >>>      PositiveCFRC.
> >>> -->
> >>
> >> The split is fine, but I would leave the commas instead of the
> parentheses:
> >>
> >> OLD:
> >> replace its NegativeCFRC (denoted oldnc) with
> >>
> >> NEW:
> >> replace its NegativeCFRC, denoted oldnc, with
> >>
> >>> 8) <!-- [rfced] We are having trouble understanding this sentence. We
> updated the
> >>> introductory clause ("Whenever...DODAG root") as follows.  Please
> review
> >>> to ensure the updated text accurately conveys the intended meaning.
> >>> Original:
> >>>   Whenever having its LORS set to “UP” RNFD concludes — based on either
> >>>   external or internal inputs — that there may be problems with the
> >>>   link with the DODAG root, it MUST set its LORS to either “SUSPECTED
> >>>   DOWN” or, as an optimization, to “LOCALLY DOWN”.
> >>> Updated:
> >>>   Whenever its LORS is set to "UP" and RNFD concludes (based on either
> >>>   external or internal inputs) that there may be problems with the
> >>>   link with the DODAG root, it MUST set its LORS either to "SUSPECTED
> >>>   DOWN" or, as an optimization, to "LOCALLY DOWN".
> >>> -->
> >>
> >> The updated clause sounds somewhat weird to me, especially the
> combination of "its ... and RNFD ...". How about putting commas around
> "having its LORS set to “UP”":
> >>
> >> OLD:
> >> Whenever its LORS is set to "UP" and RNFD concludes (based on either
> >> external or internal inputs) that there may be problems with the
> >> link with the DODAG root, it MUST set its LORS either to "SUSPECTED
> >> DOWN" or, as an optimization, to "LOCALLY DOWN".
> >>
> >> NEW:
> >> Whenever, having its LORS set to “UP”, RNFD concludes (based on either
> >> external or internal inputs) that there may be problems with the
> >> link with the DODAG root, it MUST set its LORS to either “SUSPECTED
> >> DOWN” or, as an optimization, to “LOCALLY DOWN”
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