Ahh - thanks. I don't think it matters in what section it appears.

Joe

On 4/1/2015 2:13 PM, Ronald Bonica wrote:
> Joe,
> 
> The reminder that you mention is already in Section 3. Text is included at 
> the bottom of this message.
> 
>                                                    Ron
> 
> TEXT
> ------
> 3. IPv6 as a GRE Payload
> 
> When the GRE payload is IPv6, the Protocol Type field in the GRE header MUST 
> be set to Ether Type [ETYPES] 0x86DD.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joe Touch [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 1:35 PM
>> To: Ronald Bonica; Black, David; Zuniga, Juan Carlos; [email protected];
>> [email protected]
>> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Int-area] WGLC for draft-ietf-intarea-gre-ipv6 - Ethertypes
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/31/2015 5:53 PM, Ronald Bonica wrote:
>>> David,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> One way to address this problem would be to remove Section 2.2 entirely.
>>> Since the syntax and semantics of the Protocol Type field is unchanged
>>> from RFC 2784, the omission of Section 2.2 doesn't change the meaning
>>> of the draft at all.
>>
>> Yes, but it might still be useful to point out that IPv6 (unfortunately, and
>> undermining the whole point of the IP version number) uses a different
>> ethertype than IPv4.
>>
>> (this is what happens when we let temporary hardware optimizations
>> influence long-term protocol design)
>>
>> Joe

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