Hi Tom,
Ethernet Over IP (97) was created by RFC 3378. It indicates that the next
header is an Ethernet over IP encapsulation header (see Figure 1 of RFC 3378).
That is different from an actual Ethernet header.
In SRv6, the next header is an Ethernet header.
Ron
Juniper Internal
From: Tom Herbert <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2019 9:11 PM
To: Ron Bonica <[email protected]>
Cc: SPRING WG <[email protected]>; 6man <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: SRv6 Network Programming: ENH = 59
On Sun, May 5, 2019, 5:47 PM Ron Bonica
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
Folks,
According to Section 4.4 of draft-ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming-00, when
processing the End.DX2 SID, the Next Header must be equal to 59. Otherwise, the
packet will be dropped.
In the words of the draft, "We conveniently reuse the next-header value 59
allocated to IPv6 No Next Header [RFC8200]. When the SID corresponds to
function End.DX2 and the Next-Header value is 59, we know that an Ethernet
frame is in the payload without any further header."
According to Section 4.7 RFC 8200, " The value 59 in the Next Header field of
an IPv6 header or any extension header indicates that there is nothing
following that header. If the Payload Length field of the IPv6 header
indicates the presence of octets past the end of a header whose Next Header
field contains 59, those octets must be ignored and passed on unchanged if the
packet is forwarded."
Does the WG think that it is a good idea to reuse the Next Header value 59? Or
would it be better to allocate a new Next Header value that represents Ethernet?
Tom,
There's already ETHERIP number (97). Why not use that?
Tom
Ron
Juniper Internal
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