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I think this draft is mostly good to progress, but I have a few comments that I
think should be addressed before I forward the draft to the IESG for
publication.
(1) Title and abstract:
An Architecture for Overlay Networks (NVO3)
draft-ietf-nvo3-arch-05
Abstract
This document presents a high-level overview architecture for
building overlay networks in NVO3. The architecture is given at a
high-level, showing the major components of an overall system. An
important goal is to divide the space into individual smaller
components that can be implemented independently and with clear
interfaces and interactions with other components. It should be
possible to build and implement individual components in isolation
and have them work with other components with no changes to other
components. That way implementers have flexibility in implementing
individual components and can optimize and innovate within their
respective components without requiring changes to other components.
MB> The acronym NVO3 doesn’t correspond with the main text in the title. NVO3
is a working group as well as meaning Network Virtualisation Overlays in
general. It might be better to use a similar title to the RFC7365, e.g. An
Architecture for Data Centre Network Virtualization, and then change the first
sentence of the abstract to “… A high level architecture for building
virtualized overlay networks.” Please also look at the term NVO3 in the text
and make sure it is expanded on first use and the context its usage makes sense.
(2) Security Considerations.
"The NVO3 architecure will need to defend against a number of
potential security threats involving both the data plane and control
plane.”
MB> I think it is the elements in the architecture that will need to defend
against security threats, rather than the architecture itself. Maybe you could
rephrase this as:
“The data plane and control plane described in this architecture will need to
address potential security threats.”
(3) Appendix A: Change Log
Please can you remove this in the next version before I forward to Alia.
Regards
Matthew
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