Re-,

Either ways are easy to handle. I do a have a preference (dedicated informative 
section). 

I will wait for instructions from the chairs about how to proceed.

Thank you.

Cheers,
Med

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Tim Chown [mailto:[email protected]]
> Envoyé : mardi 6 février 2018 11:17
> À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed IMT/OLN
> Cc : [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]
> Objet : Re: Opsdir early review of draft-ietf-opsawg-nat-yang-10
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > On 6 Feb 2018, at 10:13, [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > Re-,
> >
> > Please see inline.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Med
> >
> >> -----Message d'origine-----
> >> De : Tim Chown [mailto:[email protected]]
> >> Envoyé : mardi 6 février 2018 10:38
> >> À : BOUCADAIR Mohamed IMT/OLN
> >> Cc : [email protected]; [email protected];
> >> [email protected]
> >> Objet : Re: Opsdir early review of draft-ietf-opsawg-nat-yang-10
> >>
> >> Hi Med,
> >>
> >>> On 6 Feb 2018, at 09:02, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Tim,
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for the review.
> >>>
> >>> Please see inline.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Med
> >>>
> >>>> -----Message d'origine-----
> >>>> De : Tim Chown [mailto:[email protected]]
> >>>> Envoyé : lundi 5 février 2018 20:07
> >>>> À : [email protected]
> >>>> Cc : [email protected]; [email protected]
> >>>> Objet : Opsdir early review of draft-ietf-opsawg-nat-yang-10
> >>>>
> >>>> Reviewer: Tim Chown
> >>>> Review result: Has Nits
> >>>>
> >>>> I have reviewed this document as part of the Operational directorate's
> >>>> ongoing
> >>>> effort to review all IETF documents being processed by the IESG.  These
> >>>> comments were written with the intent of improving the operational
> aspects
> >> of
> >>>> the IETF drafts. Comments that are not addressed in last call may be
> >> included
> >>>> in AD reviews during the IESG review.  Document editors and WG chairs
> >> should
> >>>> treat these comments  just like any other last call comments.
> >>>>
> >>>> This document defines a YANG model for a wide variety of NAT functions,
> >>>> including NAT44, NAT64, CLAT, SIIT and NPT66.
> >>>>
> >>>> The document is generally well written, and structured appropriately.
> >> There
> >>>> are some very minor grammatical errors. Appropriate documentation
> prefixes
> >>>> are
> >>>> used in the Appendix of examples.
> >>>>
> >>>> I believe the document is Ready for publication, with Nits.
> >>>>
> >>>> Note: I am not a YANG doctor; I see that a separate YANG doctor review
> was
> >>>> performed, and I assume that review has covered Section 3.
> >>>>
> >>>> General comment:
> >>>>
> >>>> This document is targeted to Standards Track, yet defines a YANG model
> for
> >> an
> >>>> Experimental protocol, NPT66; is that acceptable?  (I don't know, but I
> >> feel
> >>>> the question needs to be raised, given also the text of
> >>>> draft-ietf-v6ops-ula-usage-considerations-02.)
> >>>
> >>> [Med] The document defines NPTv6 as a "feature". It does not recommend
> nor
> >> argue against the use of NPTv6 per se.
> >>>
> >>> FWIW, I'm aware of one Standards Track RFC which lists NPTv6 as one of
> its
> >> deployment scenarios: RFC6887.
> >>>
> >>> ==
> >>>  PCP can be used in various deployment scenarios, including:
> >>> ..
> >>>
> >>>  o  IPv6-to-IPv6 Network Prefix Translation (NPTv6) [RFC6296]
> >>> ==
> >>
> >> Well, I raise the question for consideration by the IESG
> >
> > [Med] Your initial comment was fair, Tim.
> >
> > ; while there's a
> >> precedent here - and probably elsewhere - it feels odd having a Standards
> >> Track document supporting an Experimental one.
> >>
> >> Could the NPTv6 definitions be extracted to a separate RFC, as you have
> done
> >> with some other elements, or are they shared with Standards Track
> mechanisms?
> >>
> >
> > [Med] NPTv6 part can be published in a separate document as an augment to
> draft-ietf-opsawg-nat-yang. That is indeed one possibility. Registering an
> entry in the IETF XML Registry assumes "Specification is Required" and adding
> a name in the "YANG Module Names" registry is based on "RFC Required". So
> having an experimental YANG document for NPTv6 would be OK.
> >
> > Another approach would be to remove the NPTv6 part from the main YANG
> module, but define the nptv6 augment in a dedicated section and make it clear
> that section is not normative. This will be easy to handle.
> >
> > Any preference?
> 
> Either would be an improvement. My preference would be for the first one,
> given I recall you also have other complementary documents to the main one
> (and I think the YANG doctor originally asked whether there should be a high
> level NAT model and then one model per NAT type).
> 
> >>>> Nits:
> >>>>
> >>>> p.4 - I think an Internal Host doesn't really "solicit" a NAT
> capability;
> >>>> that
> >>>> implies some messaging between the host and the NAT. Perhaps say "need
> to
> >>>> use",
> >>>> or something else.
> >>>
> >>> [Med] Works for me. Thanks.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Appendix - it would perhaps be easier for the reader if the same
> >>>> documentation
> >>>> prefixes were used to refer to internal and external networks throughout
> >> the
> >>>> examples, though this is only a minor style point.
> >>>
> >>> [Med] I updated where it makes sense.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Section A.11 - the ULA prefixes used here are not (or very unlikely to
> >> be!)
> >>>> true ULAs with randomised prefixes. Again, a style point.  Perhaps some
> >>>> documentation ULAs need to be defined elsewhere.
> >>>
> >>> [Med] As explicitly stated in titles ("Example of NPTv6 (RFC6296)" and
> >> "Connecting two Peer Networks (RFC6296)"), these examples are extracted
> from
> >> RFC6296. We are re-using the same prefixes as those in 6296-examples.
> >>
> >> Again, it feels odd though looking at them. The alternative is to use a
> true
> >> ULA prefix (roll the dice!).
> >>
> >
> > [Med] Deal!
> >
> >> Tim
> >
> 
> Regards,
> Tim

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