Hello Fernando,

Thanks for the quick reply.  Your responses all work for me.  Just a 
couple of small comments ...

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014, Fernando Gont wrote:
> On 08/20/2014 04:20 PM, C. M. Heard wrote:
> > Alternative advice:
> >    Intermediate systems should discard packets containing these 
> >    extension headers.  This policy could be overridden in specific 
> >    environments where the experimental headers are used.
> 
> The thing is that "this policy could be overriden.." sounds a bit like
> defining configuration defaults. mm.. how about:
> 
>     Intermediate systems should discard packets containing these
>     extension headers.  Only in in specific scenarios in which
>     experiments are to be performed, an operator may want to permit
>     these extension headers.

That works for me (as do the other tweaks of a similar nature that 
you suggested).  I suggested the text "This policy could be 
overridden ..." because it appeared elsewhere in the draft.  If you 
don't like it here, you may want to do a "search and destroy" 
mission to root it out in other places where it appears.

> > General comment on Section 4, advice about options:  should the 
> > advice be nuanced to distinguish between cases where an option 
> > appears in a Hop-by-Hop option header vs a Destination Options 
> > header?
> 
> Yes. Even if te advice ends up being the same. I will check if there are
> any options (other than the padding ones) that cane be included in
> different EH types (of the top of my head, most of the options are meant
> for specific EH types).

As far as I could tell, the padding options are the only ones that 
are allowed to appear in both kinds of option extension headers.

> > Unknown options: there is no section covering these.  I am not 
> > concerned if the RFC 2460 implementation defaults (i.e., obey the 
> > instructions in the top two bits of the option type) is 
> > operationally acceptable.
> 
> mm.. let me think about this one -- I'll come back to you.

Sounds good.  Thanks again for your efforts.

Mike Heard

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