Then 0 it is!
Ron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C. M. Heard [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:01 PM
> To: Ronald Bonica
> Cc: Ole Troan; IPv6
> Subject: RE: 6MAN WG Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-
> chain-04>
>
> Works for me.
>
> //cmh
>
> On Wed, 21 Aug 2013, Ronald Bonica wrote:
> > I am happy to set the pointer field to 0 if Mike agrees.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ole Troan [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 10:56 AM
> > > To: Ronald Bonica
> > > Cc: C.M.Heard; IPv6
> > > Subject: Re: 6MAN WG Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-
> > > chain-04>
> > >
> > > > This works, too. But now we have three participants in the
> > > > discussion
> > > and three opinions!
> > > >
> > > > Let's just pick one! Does anybody have a coin?
> > >
> > > who calls "edge"? ;-)
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > Ole
> > >
> > > >
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> > > >> Behalf Of Ole Troan
> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 10:37 AM
> > > >> To: C.M.Heard
> > > >> Cc: IPv6
> > > >> Subject: Re: 6MAN WG Last Call:
> > > >> <draft-ietf-6man-oversized-header-
> > > >> chain-04>
> > > >>
> > > >>> The reason I didn't suggest pointing at the Fragment Header is
> > > >> because
> > > >>> it would carry the same information that it would in a
> correctly
> > > >>> fragmented packet, namely M=1 and Fragment Offset=0 (the
> > > >>> signature of an initial fragment). The Payload Length field is
> > > >>> what
> > > indicates
> > > >> that
> > > >>> the fragment is too short to contain all the extension headers
> > > >>> and
> > > >> the
> > > >>> upper layer header; its value would have to be different in a
> > > >>> legitimate packet. Hence my suggestion to point there.
> > > >>
> > > >> or set the pointer field to 0? given that there really isn't an
> > > octet
> > > >> offset where an error has been detected.
> > > >>
> > > >> cheers,
> > > >> Ole
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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