Fred,

> On Mar 31, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Templin, Fred L <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ron,
> 
> RFC2784 punts on IPv6. From Section 9:
> 
>>  o IPv6 as Delivery and/or Payload Protocol
>> 
>>    This specification describes the intersection of GRE currently
>>    deployed by multiple vendors. IPv6 as delivery and/or payload
>>    protocol is not included in the currently deployed versions of GRE.
> 
> RFC2784 should have cited RFC2473 as the normative reference for
> generic encapsulation in IPv6 but didn't. But, that does not mean
> that your document should make the same omission.
> 

There is no current reference/citation relationship between RFC2784 and 
RFC2473. There is also no relevant errata filed 
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2784 
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=2784> in the 15 years since 
publishing. There is no document updating either of those RFCs making your 
“should have” actual.

Ron’s explanation below was clear on why this is so — and why this document 
does not link to RFC 2473.

Thanks,

— Carlos.

> Thanks - Fred
> [email protected]
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ronald Bonica [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 9:26 AM
>> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; Templin, Fred L
>> Cc: Zuniga, Juan Carlos; [email protected]; 
>> [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Int-area] Start of WGLC for draft-ietf-intarea-gre-ipv6
>> 
>> Fred,
>> 
>> RFC 2784 doesn't update RFC 2473. This is because RFC 2784 doesn't levy any 
>> new requirements upon RFC 2473 implementations.
>> Implementations that were RFC 2473 compliant the day before RFC 2784 was 
>> published remained compliant the day after RFC 2784
>> was published.
>> 
>> Likewise, the current draft doesn't update RFC 2473. This is because the 
>> current draft doesn't levy any new requirements upon RFC
>> 2473 implementations. Implementations that are RFC 2473 compliant today will 
>> remain compliant the day after the current draft is
>> published.
>> 
>>                                                       Ron
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> On an even higher level note, RFC2473 already specifies generic
>>> encapsulation within IPv6 which implicitly includes GRE. So, if this 
>>> document
>>> goes through it needs to say that it updates RFC2473.
>>> 
>>> Thanks ? Fred
>>> [email protected]
>>> 
> 
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