As far as I know neither diffserv nor intserv/RSVP know anything
about the flow label field.
Brian
Metzler Jochen wrote:
>
> Can you explain to me what the matter with DiffServ is?
> I assumed that DiffServ makes use of the ToS field and
> not of the flow label?
> -- jochen
>
>
> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Francis Dupont [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 16. November 2000 10:58
> An: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
> Cc: Hesham Soliman (EPA); Metzler Jochen; Ipng (E-Mail)
> Betreff: Re: Usage of IPv6 flow label
>
> In your previous mail you wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> => I don't read your argument as you. I'll say it should not be rewritten
> in transit if RSVP is in use. A DiffServ edge router can rewrite it
> in some situation (it is supposed to know what is RSVP and do the right
> thing). Don't forget that in the real world RSVP is not end-to-end and
> is managed by smart edge routers, this comes more from practice (the end
> user doesn't know how to use RSVP, the edge router manager knows) than
> from deep design...
>
> Regards
>
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