Hi Stig, > I can agree that it's good to check demand, but I think it is good to > do the "future proofing" anyway. Things can then be implemented today > and work correctly (as in ignoring unknown headers and still finding > the transport) if new headers are introduced later. > > An alternative approach could perhaps be to set aside a small range of > protocol values for future extension headers? I do not think it is an alternative approach. The values tell its an extension header (and are required look at my previous mail) and follows the format defined, but the structure still needs to be defined.
Thanks, Vishwas >> - Wes >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Brian Haberman >> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 8:17 AM >> To: IPv6 WG Mailing List >> Subject: Consensus call on adopting draft-krishnan-ipv6-exthdr >> >> All, >> The 6MAN chairs would like feedback from the working group on >> adopting draft-krishnan-ipv6-exthdr as a WG item. Please send your >> comments/opinions to the mailing list (or the chairs) by May 7, 2010. >> >> Regards, >> Brian & Bob >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> IETF IPv6 working group mailing list >> [email protected] >> Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> IETF IPv6 working group mailing list >> [email protected] >> Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > [email protected] > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
