Hi, Brian,

>> * Section 4 says:
>>
>>>    2.  A node that forwards a flow whose flow label value in arriving
>>>        packets is zero MAY set the flow label value.  In that case, it
>>>        is RECOMMENDED that the forwarding node sets the flow label field
>>>        for a flow to a pseudo-random value.
>>
>> While I know this is the intention of the text, I'd clarify that if they
>> rewrite a zero flow-label, they should do so consistently (i.e., all
>> packets of a given flow are rewritten with the same FlowLabel value).
> 
> Yes, that is said very clearly in RFC 3697 and does not change.

Agreed. But just reading *this* doc it wasn't so clear (yes, implied,
but even better if it was more explicit for this particular case).

Thanks!

Kind regards,
-- 
Fernando Gont
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