Hi Roni,

On Sep 7, 2011, at 4:37 , Roni Even wrote:

> I am the assigned Gen-ART reviewer for this draft. For background on Gen-ART, 
> please see the FAQ at 
> <http://wiki.tools.ietf.org/area/gen/trac/wiki/GenArtfaq>.

Thanks!

> Please resolve these comments along with any other Last Call comments you may 
> receive.
> 
> Document: draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn-07
> Reviewer: Roni Even
> Review Date: 2011–9–7
> IETF LC End Date: 2011–9–27
> IESG Telechat date:
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> Summary: This draft is not ready for publication as an informational RFC. 
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> Major issues:
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> The IANA considerations section says:
> “the values  already allocated are in Table 1 of Section 4.  The allocation 
> policy  for new entries up to and including value 127 is "Standards Action".  
> The allocation policy for values 128 through 251 is "First Come First 
> Served".  The values from 252 through 255 are for "Experimental Use".”

Standards Action will be changed to Expert Review.

> Yet this is document is intended for Informational status which contradict 
> the standard action. This is also true for the second registry defined.
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> Is this document really an Informational one?

My only comment is that it is not Historic.

> Minor issues:
>  
> 1.       In section  1.2.2 “Since "traditional" Layer 2 VPNs (i.e., real 
> Frame Relay circuits connecting sites) are indistinguishable from 
> tunnel-based VPNs from  the customer's point-of-view, migrating from one to 
> the other raises  few issues.” What are the few issues?

A subtlety: "few issues" means not many, not deep; it's a careful way of 
saying, "just about no issues".  "A few issues" would require elaboration.

> 2.       In section 4 “L2VPN TLVs can be added to extend the information 
> carried in the NLRI, using the format shown in Figure 2”. How is the TLV 
> carried in the NLRI, in which field, section 4.1 only talk about the 
> structure of the TLV.

I'll take the figure from 3.2.2 of RFC 4761 and show where the TLVs go.

> 3.       Section 4.2 refers to section 4 but I am not sure where this 
> mechanism in section 4 is.

Will clarify.

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> Nits/editorial comments: 
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> 1.       Section 3.1 is called network topology but the whole text is an 
> example of a network topology. Maybe the title should be “Example of a 
> network toplogy”.

Sure.

> 2.       Section 5 starts with “As defined so far in the document ….” But the 
> using IP only is already discussed in previous sections.

Do you have a suggestion for rewording?

Thanks,
Kireeti.


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