Re: [Fwd: draft-conta-ipv6-flow-label-02.txt]

[Robert Elz]

    Date:        Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:43:04 -0500
    From:        Brian E Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    Message-ID:  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

This is way outside my area, but ...

  | Well yes, but when the packet has an ESP header you are in trouble. The idea
  | of adding some semantics in the flow label is to deal with the ESP case.
  | If you aren't prepared to believe that field then of course all is lost
  | and you can only do address based classification.

I think the point was that if you believe the data, then you can be guaranteed
that people will cheat.

Therefore you cannot believe the field.

Therefore all you are left with is the address.

(which is pretty much as you just said, but you left off the final step)

Therefore it is pointless adding any semantics to the field, because
even if there, they can't (won't) be used.

kre

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