On 28/05/2013 09:16, C. M. Heard wrote:
> On Mon, 27 May 2013, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>> On 26/05/2013 20:51, Ray Hunter wrote:
>>> I think that is worth pointing out in the draft that "Contrary to
>>> RFC2460 Section 4, middleboxes, such as firewalls, load balancers or
>>> packet classifiers, MAY examine and process the entire IPv6 packet
>>> before making a decision to either forward or discard the packet."
>> I'm not sure if it's really a MAY or simply a statement of what
>> occurs in the real world.
>
> It should just be a statement of what occurs in the real world.
> The IETF should not endorse behaviours that violate IPv6 design
> assumptions with a standards-track MAY. I would suggest that the
> text be modified along the following lines:
>
> "Contrary to RFC2460 Section 4, middleboxes, such as firewalls, load
> balancers or packet classifiers, sometimes examine and process the
> entire IPv6 packet before making a decision to either forward or
> discard the packet."
Yes, IMHO that's well phrased. I'm going to have a go at a new version
that includes that, and various other changes following Ray's comments.
Please watch this space.
Brian
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