Hi Yingzhen,

 

This draft seems to be entwined with draft-li-rtgwg-generalized-ipv6-tunnel.

 

But there is more going on. The draft is describing many things:

*       Some of these issues clearly belong to the INT Area

*       Describing the problem space

*       Use-cases, issues, and problems with integrating IPv6 and legacy 
technologies
*       Use-cases, issues, and problems with non-support of Ipv6 extension 
header

*       Requirements and architecture for a generalized IPv6 tunneling approach

*       The requirements fall out of the use-cases
*       The architecture is mainly missing from this document

*       The tunnelling mechanism

*       This is assumed to be defined in draft-li-rtgwg-generalized-ipv6-tunnel 
which is a normative reference. But:

*       That draft is not yet adopted, so adopting *this* document with a 
normative reference would prejudge acceptance of that draft.
*       Surely IPv6 encapsulation mechanisms belong to INT

*       Some of the work might belong to RTG. Specifically:

*       Section 4 describes possible routing approaches to collect capability 
information. However:

*       If the information is needed to support GIP6 tunneling, then it is 
premature to work on it before the encapsulation is agreed.
*       If the information is just to exchange IPv6 capabilities, then there is 
a big routing architecture question lurking. That is, will hop-by-hop routing 
decisions be made based on per-node support for extension headers, or is this 
work intended only for “programmed paths” such as SRv6?

 

So, in its current form, I don’t think this belongs in RTGWG..

 

I think it would help everyone in considering this adoption poll if the chairs 
could explain how they think this fits within the charter of RTGWG. 

 

Thanks,

Adrian

 

From: Yingzhen Qu <[email protected]> 
Sent: 28 June 2025 00:50
To: RTGWG <[email protected]>; rtgwg-chairs <[email protected]>
Subject: [rtgwg] WG Adoption Call for 
draft-li-rtgwg-gip6-protocol-ext-requirements

 

Dear RTGWG,

 

This email starts a Working Group Adoption call for:

Scenarios and Protocol Extension Requirements of a Generalized IPv6 Tunnel

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-li-rtgwg-gip6-protocol-ext-requirements/

 

The draft was presented at IETF122, and a poll was done after the presentation:

Poll for "Should the WG work on a general tunneling mechanism that

supports iOAM etc.?"
Yes(24) No(11) No Opinion(7)

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/minutes-122-rtgwg-202503200230/

 

Please review the document and send your support or objection to the mailing 
list. Supporting means that you believe that the WG should work on this topic 
and the draft is on the right track. Comments and suggestions are welcome.

 

The adoption call will run for three weeks considering the upcoming IETF and 
end on July 18th.

 

Authors and contributors, please respond to the list indicating whether you are 
aware of any IPR that applies to the draft.

 

Thanks,

Yingzhen

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