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 _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
