Please read the drafts it is restored. WOW. /jim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Brian E Carpenter > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 9:21 AM > To: Ran Liebermann > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Flow Label consistency question > > Ran Liebermann wrote: > ... > > I still see much more benefit in using the Flow Label for 6SLAs. > > If this indeed will be a common use for the Flow Label then > we should > > take into consideration that probably many (if not most) service > > providers will not allow their customers to set the Flow Label field > > and enforce a zero label on all ingress traffic in order to allow > > 6SLAs to work properly. > > Until 6LSA explains how it will restore the label to its > original value, or the IETF changes its mind about immutability > of the label, this just isn't going to happen. I think that's > why the 6LSA people wrote their recent draft. > > > Ofcourse if the label will also be used to classify traffic for > > diffserv then this is one more reason for SPs to override > the label to > > zero on all ingress traffic from customers. > > Quite the opposite. In a diffserv model, the value of the label > set by the source will be *input* to a diffserv domain boundary's > diffserv classifier, just like the protocol number or port numbers. > That's one of the use cases in which immutability of the label > is a vital property. > > Brian > > > Ran. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > > [email protected] > > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > [email protected] > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- >
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