On 02/28/2018 01:29 PM, C. M. Heard wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 12:24 AM, Fernando Gont wrote:
>> On 11/28/2017 12:43 PM, Michael Richardson wrote:
>>>
>>> C. M. Heard <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>    > It seems to me that the option description and filtering advice given 
>>> in
>>>    > 
>>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-opsec-ipv6-eh-filtering-04#section-4.3.4
>>>
>>> a) it only covers 0x63, and we are changing to 0x23.
>>> b) yes, the advice to drop is not good.
>>>
>>> I'm unclear from a quick read if this the black-list advice, or the
>>> white-list advice.
>>
>> This is meant to be black-list advice. The current advice in our
>> document is to drop packets with this option at non-RPL routers. Isn't
>> this advice aligned with the fact that the option type bits note that
>> nodes that do not support this option should drop the corresponding packets?
> 
> The option type is being changed from 0x63 to 0x23 precisely so
> that non-RPL routers will NOT drop packets with that option.
> See https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-roll-useofrplinfo-21,
> which has recently been submitted to the IESG for publication.

It would seem that such decision has been a response to publication of
RFC8200... but I don't follow.

What's the reason for which 0x63 was required to be dropped, but 0x23 is
required not to?

Am I missing something, or is the motivation of the change to "comply
with RFC8200"?  -- f so, such change is not really required.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

Best regards,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
e-mail: [email protected]
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