Hi Joe, I have reviewed the changes, and they address all of the points I raised in earlier correspondences.
Thanks - Fred [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Joe Touch > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 1:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Int-area] I-D Action: draft-ietf-intarea-ipv4-id-update- > 06.txt > > Hi, all, > > This version includes changes to address feedback by the IESG, which > focus on providing context on the impact of this change on existing use > and some clarifications. > > Joe > > On 10/9/2012 1:21 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts > directories. > > This draft is a work item of the Internet Area Working Group Working > Group of the IETF. > > > > Title : Updated Specification of the IPv4 ID Field > > Author(s) : Joe Touch > > Filename : draft-ietf-intarea-ipv4-id-update-06.txt > > Pages : 18 > > Date : 2012-10-09 > > > > Abstract: > > The IPv4 Identification (ID) field enables fragmentation and > > reassembly, and as currently specified is required to be unique > > within the maximum lifetime for all datagrams with a given > > source/destination/protocol tuple. If enforced, this uniqueness > > requirement would limit all connections to 6.4 Mbps. Because > > individual connections commonly exceed this speed, it is clear that > > existing systems violate the current specification. This document > > updates the specification of the IPv4 ID field in RFC791, RFC1122, > > and RFC2003 to more closely reflect current practice and to more > > closely match IPv6 so that the field's value is defined only when a > > datagram is actually fragmented. It also discusses the impact of > > these changes on how datagrams are used. > > > > > > The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is: > > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-intarea-ipv4-id-update > > > > There's also a htmlized version available at: > > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-intarea-ipv4-id-update-06 > > > > A diff from the previous version is available at: > > http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-intarea-ipv4-id-update-06 > > > > > > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: > > ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Int-area mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area > > > _______________________________________________ > Int-area mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
