On 29/07/10 11:39 PM, "John Scudder" <[email protected]> wrote:

 
> By the way Terry asked what kind of type code to ask for.  The MRT draft sez:
> 
> 6.1.  Type Codes
> 
>    Type Codes have a range from 0 to 65535, of which 1-64 have been
>    allocated.  New Type Codes MUST be allocated starting at 65.  Type
>    Codes 65 - 511 are to be assigned by IETF Review.  Type Codes 512 -
>    2047 are assigned based on Specification Required.  Type Codes 2048 -
>    64511 are available on a First Come First Served policy.  Type Codes
>    64512 - 65534 are available for Experimental Use. The Type Code
>    Values of 0 and 65535 are reserved.
> 
> I can't quite imagine why you'd bother with the hoop-jumping required by IETF
> Review.  If I were you, I'd probably just use an FCFS code point.  Numbers is
> numbers after all, they all work the same.


That is what I was heading for :-)

But wanted to give the WG an option of doing ietf review if so desired.

Moving from my current code of using 65 to a FCFS is trivial.

Happy to go there as soon as the IANA registry is open.

Cheers
Terry

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