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Re: TOS copying considered harmful
Joe,
>Stephen Kent wrote:
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > As the author for 2401 (bis) I am not comfortable trying to
> > coordinate with a revised 2003. It makes life much harder, creates
> > more cross reference problems, etc. We'll see how this progresses,
> > but I'm not commiting to this strategy at this time.
>
>How about at least referring to 2003 as much as possible,
>and highlighting where the divergence is?
>
>The goal is to get 2401bis to spec as little 'new' as possible here.
>The only divergence is in the treatment of the TOS and DF fields.
>
>In that case, 2401bis should indicate that:
>
> - it uses 2003 tunnel headers
> - it needs to allow clearing the TOS or DF bits, if
> indicated in an SA, however this conflicts with
> the specification in 2003
>
>The only coordination here is that 2003bis should indicate that clearing
>the TOS and/or DF bits MAY occur, and what the consequences are. I don't
>see a tight coupling required.
That sounds more manageable. We'll see how the text works out.
Steve
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