Hi Alia, I agree with this errata. Note that the AuType field size is correctly depicted in section 2 of RFC 6549. Thanks, Acee
-----Original Message----- From: RFC Errata System <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, July 5, 2014 at 1:48 PM To: Ericsson <[email protected]>, Abhay Roy <[email protected]>, Sina Mirtorabi <[email protected]>, Alia Atlas <[email protected]>, Adrian Farrel <[email protected]>, Abhay Roy <[email protected]>, Ericsson <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, OSPF - OSPF WG List <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC6549 (4041) >The following errata report has been submitted for RFC6549, >"OSPFv2 Multi-Instance Extensions". > >-------------------------------------- >You may review the report below and at: >http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=6549&eid=4041 > >-------------------------------------- >Type: Editorial >Reported by: Jim Young <[email protected]> > >Section: 8 > >Original Text >------------- >8. IANA Considerations > >The size of the AuType field is reduced from 16 octets to 8 octets. >This changes the OSPF Authentication Codes registry in that the >values 256-65535 are no longer defined and are therefore deprecated. >There is no backward compatibility issue since this range of values >was previously defined as "Reserved and should not be assigned". > > >Corrected Text >-------------- >8. IANA Considerations > >The size of the AuType field is reduced from 16 bits to 8 bits. >This changes the OSPF Authentication Codes registry in that the >values 256-65535 are no longer defined and are therefore deprecated. >There is no backward compatibility issue since this range of values >was previously defined as "Reserved and should not be assigned". > > >Notes >----- >Earlier in RFC6549 Section 2. OSPFv2 Instance Packet Encoding, Paragraph >2 states "All fields are as defined in [OSPFV2] except that the Instance >ID field is new, and the AuType field is reduced to 8 bits from 16 bits >without any change in meaning. The Instance ID field is defined as >follows:". The proposed corrected text makes section 8 consistent with >section 2. > >Instructions: >------------- >This errata is currently posted as "Reported". If necessary, please >use "Reply All" to discuss whether it should be verified or >rejected. When a decision is reached, the verifying party (IESG) >can log in to change the status and edit the report, if necessary. > >-------------------------------------- >RFC6549 (draft-ietf-ospf-multi-instance-09) >-------------------------------------- >Title : OSPFv2 Multi-Instance Extensions >Publication Date : March 2012 >Author(s) : A. Lindem, A. Roy, S. Mirtorabi >Category : PROPOSED STANDARD >Source : Open Shortest Path First IGP >Area : Routing >Stream : IETF >Verifying Party : IESG _______________________________________________ OSPF mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ospf
