Thomas Narten wrote:
> 
> > It's a matter of interpretation (you could ask the same question
> > about some ways of using the flow label for diffserv
> > classification).
> 
> It would be far better if different readers didn't have to think too
> hard about this. General comment. IMO, what is needed is a very short
> and simple specification that says exactly what hosts (and routers)
> are supposed to implement today. And *nothing* more. 

That is what it is supposed to be. I'm particularly concerned that
people building hardware classifiers should know what to do.

> In particular, no
> weasle wording that requires laywerish reading of the text to decide
> what the intent is or what may or may not be allowed in the future.

It is not supposed to be weasel words. It's supposed to be a minimal
set of conditions. Personally, I was quite happy with the -02 version,
but I don't think any of the recent changes are harmful.

  Brian
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