Hi Stig,

On 11/28/2011 12:59 PM, Stig Venaas wrote:
>> Please note that the Connection ID AFI in the PORT Hello Option does not
>> need to match the address family of PIM Hello message that carries it.
>> e.g. an IPv6 PIM Hello message could contain a PORT Hello Option with a
>> TCP Connection ID AFI of 1 (IPv4).
> 
> While I am OK with this text, wouldn't it be better to add this to 3.1
> and 3.2 where we formally define the hello options?
> 
> My proposal would be:
> 
> End of 3.1:
> 
> OLD:
>     TCP Connection ID AFI:   The AFI value to describe the address-family
>        of the address of the TCP Connection ID field.  When this field is
>        0, a mechanism outside the scope of this document is used to
>        obtain the addresses used to establish the TCP connection.
> 
> NEW:
>     TCP Connection ID AFI:   The AFI value to describe the address-family
>        of the address of the TCP Connection ID field. Note that this
>        value does not need to match the address-family of the PIM Hello
>        message that carries it. When this field is 0, a mechanism
>        outside the scope of this document is used to obtain the
>        addresses used to establish the TCP connection.
> 
> End of 3.2:
> 
> OLD:
>     SCTP Connection ID AFI:   The AFI value to describe the address-
>        family of the address of the SCTP Connection ID field.  When this
>        field is 0, a mechanism outside the scope of this document is used
>        to obtain the addresses used to establish the SCTP connection.
> 
> NEW:
>     SCTP Connection ID AFI:   The AFI value to describe the address-
>        family of the address of the SCTP Connection ID field. Note that
>        this value does not need to match the address-family of the PIM
>        Hello message that carries it. When this field is 0, a mechanism
>        outside the scope of this document is used to obtain the
>        addresses used to establish the SCTP connection.
> 
> What do you think?

This works great.

Thanks
Suresh
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