> >> >- Can intermediate routers change the flow label?
> >> > Appendix A of RFC2460 states that hosts or routers that
> >> > do not support the flow label should pass the field on
> >> > unchanged. Is this also true for hosts or routers that
> >> > do support the flow label? What is the procedure if an
> >> > router supports flow labels but has no context about a
> >> > specific flow label?
> >> seems to me, no.
> > => Agreed. Also based on my comment above I
> > don't think it would be a good idea.
> > I can't remember if it's included in the AH calculation
> > or not.
>
> flow label field is not part of AH calculation, but as RSVP already
> requires it to be end-to-end (not hop-by-hop) i think we shouldn't
> rewrite it in transit.
>
=> Agreed.
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