Francis Dupont writes:
> In your previous mail you wrote:
>
> If the label type is set to the basic type, IPv6 routers SHOULD NOT
> rewrite or alter the flow label value.
>
> => even if the source is the best place to put a non-zero/non-default
> value I'd like to enable one of the first routers to set the flow label
> on the behalf of a dumb source. (PS: to change to basic type and null
> value is not enough because we need to catch the "on the behalf of the
> source" too).
Slippery slope! Slippery slope!
Most of the lossage floating around here is due to
the network trying to be intelligent for dumb hosts.
Long live the dumb network!
Mike
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