Funny how one can understand his own question better afterward. This
topic stems from section 5.3.2.1 of the base draft, 2nd paragraph:

  "When a **destination** node receives a request, it MUST check that
the configuration_sequence field is equal to its own ..."

Here are some possible interpretations:

1) The phrase "destination node" seems to suggest that only the
"ultimate" destination peer (whom the message was meant for) should
check/respond/update an out-dated configuration_sequence.

2) An intermediate peer should forward a knowingly out-dated
configuration_sequence number in the forwarding header. Section 5.3.2
does not say that this field should be replaced in every hop.

I suggest removing the word "destination" from the above paragraph and
make it clear that any request with an out-dated configuration_sequence
will never go beyond its first hop (immediate neighbor).

Thanks

--Michael

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