Hi, I've been reading a few drafts and RFCs in this matter and I couldn't find an explanation why the Flow Label field has to read the destination with the same value the source sent it.
Wouldn't it introduce a whole lot of new capabilities (without as many limitations) if the Flow Label field had only local significance? I've read drafts that describe local significance uses for the Flow Label field, but still they state that the destination has to receive this field as it was sent by the source. This ofcourse, if we plan to change this field hop-by-hop, requires some sort of synchronization between the first-hop-router after the source and penultimate router before the packet reaches it's destination. I'd appreaciate if someone can explain this matter a little bit. Thanks, -- Ran. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
