I may be confused ... On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Alia Atlas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oh - looping can happen naturally as a result of routing reconvergence. > That's what the TTL is for, in part, to make sure those packets don't loop > forever. > > Micro-forwarding loops are common. > Right. I thought we were talking about the case where the TTL isn't decremented. Spencer > Alia > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Spencer Dawkins at IETF < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Alia, >> >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Alia Atlas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Typed too fast - looping wouldn't happen if the TTL is decremented. >>> What would >>> happen is that the packet would be dropped. I think the text change >>> shows that >>> but happy to poke more :-) >>> >> >> Right, I'm talking about the problem where looping happens. >> >> Spencer >> >> >>> >>> Alia >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Spencer Dawkins at IETF < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Alia, >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Alia Atlas <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Spencer, >>>>> >>>>> I think that the "may not work properly" means that the packet would >>>>> be dropped >>>>> by the local PE. The looping issue would happen if the TTL weren't >>>>> decremented >>>>> and that language is being removed. >>>>> >>>> >>>> So, that's two different issues? It might be be great to call them out >>>> separately, if so ... >>>> >>>> Spencer >>>> >>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Alia >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Spencer Dawkins < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Spencer Dawkins has entered the following ballot position for >>>>>> draft-ietf-bess-virtual-subnet-06: No Objection >>>>>> >>>>>> When responding, please keep the subject line intact and reply to all >>>>>> email addresses included in the To and CC lines. (Feel free to cut >>>>>> this >>>>>> introductory paragraph, however.) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Please refer to >>>>>> https://www.ietf.org/iesg/statement/discuss-criteria.html >>>>>> for more information about IESG DISCUSS and COMMENT positions. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The document, along with other ballot positions, can be found here: >>>>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bess-virtual-subnet/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> COMMENT: >>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> I support Alia's Discuss. I see that there's proposed text to resolve >>>>>> that position. >>>>>> >>>>>> I will remain a No-Objection if that proposed text is adopted, but I >>>>>> would be more comfortable if the proposed text was more specific than >>>>>> "may not work properly" - is there anything else that can go wrong, >>>>>> besides unbounded looping? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> BESS mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/bess >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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