Please disregard my last message, below. I just read Ole's recommendation and
am fine with it.
Ron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Ronald Bonica
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 1:44 PM
> To: Brian E Carpenter; Fernando Gont
> Cc: 6man
> Subject: RE: Definition of Extension Header in draft-ietf-6man-
> oversized-header-chain-05.txt (was Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-6man-
> oversized-header-chain-05.txt)
>
> Brian,
>
> I tend to agree.
>
> Maybe we could leave the draft alone and put something in the
> Shepherd's write-up reminding the IESG that this draft relies upon
> draft-ietf-6man-ext-transmit progressing first.
> Ron
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> > Of Brian E Carpenter
> > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 9:29 PM
> > To: Fernando Gont
> > Cc: 6man
> > Subject: Re: Definition of Extension Header in draft-ietf-6man-
> > oversized-header-chain-05.txt (was Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-6man-
> > oversized-header-chain-05.txt)
> >
> > Hi Fernando,
> >
> > I'm biased, but I'd prefer the reference (your first suggestion),
> > unless the ext-transmit draft gets stuck in the process, in which
> case
> > you could make an editorial change later, even up to AUTH48.
> >
> > BTW check the IANA URL too; I think you had a pointer to a .txt file,
> > but these days IANA is .xml based.
> >
> > Regards
> > Brian
> >
> > On 01/09/2013 08:50, Fernando Gont wrote:
> > > On 08/31/2013 04:58 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> > >>> 3. Terminology
> > >>>
> > >>> For the purposes of this document, the terms Extension Header,
> > Header
> > >>> Chain, First Fragment, and Upper-layer Header are used as
> > follows:
> > >>>
> > >>> Extension Header:
> > >>>
> > >>> Extension Headers are defined in Section 4 of [RFC2460].
> > >>> [IANA-PROTO] provides a list of assigned Internet Protocol
> > Numbers
> > >>> and designates which of those protocol numbers also
> represent
> > >>> extension headers.
> > >> The final clause is totally incorrect - the IANA list does not
> > >> (today) identify extension headers. draft-ietf-6man-ext-transmit
> > >> has the details in its IANA Considerations.
> > >>
> > >> Assuming draft-ietf-6man-ext-transmit is approved, this will
> > >> change, but for that purpose you'd need a blocking (normative)
> > >> reference to draft-ietf-6man-ext-transmit to guarantee the correct
> > >> sequence of publication.
> > >
> > > I thought that's what we were intending (assuming
> > > draft-ietf-6man-ext-transmit goes smoothly) -- but I realize we
> > missed
> > > the procedural piece of making sure of the correct sequence of
> > > publication. So I guess possible paths are:
> > >
> > > 1) Changing the above paragraph to something along the lines of:
> > >
> > > Extension Headers are defined in Section 4 of [RFC2460].
> > > As a result of [draft-ietf-6man-ext-transmit], [IANA-PROTO]
> > provides
> > > a list of assigned Internet Protocol Numbers and designates
> which
> > of
> > > those protocol numbers also represent extension headers.
> > >
> > > (or something along these lines... please suggest alternative
> > phrasing
> > > if deemed appropriate)
> > >
> > > 2) Change the above paragraph to:
> > >
> > > Extension Headers are defined in Section 4 of [RFC2460], and
> > various
> > > extension headers have been specified in [RFC2460] itself and in
> > > other later documents.
> > >
> > > (which IMO would still be fine, since we don't really need to
> > > provide the full list here)
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Cheers,
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