Hi, all,
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This document updates the specification for iFCP over TCP by
deprecating address translation mode.
There are no significant transport issues raised by this
document. There are some clarifications that seem necessary, as noted
below.
Joe
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The title implies that there is a 133rd version of IP (i.e., IPv133). It
might be more useful to focus on the changes it proposes:
Deprecating Translation Mode for iFCP over TCP
Overall, the prominence of the protocol 133 issue should be reduced, as
it is not specific to the changes proposed by this document. This includes:
- removing the last sentence of the abstract
- removing the last paragraph of Section 1
- change section 4 as follows:
section heading:
Using iFCP over TCP
section content:
Explain that iFCP runs as a payload inside TCP
using dynamic port numbers coordinated out-of-band.
Add that IP protocol 133 is not used for iFCP,
but was used for a pre-release version that
did run directly over IP, was deployed, and
may still be in use.
(do not discuss IANA actions; that's for Sec 6,
and since removal is not requested, it would not
occur anyway)
If references to "Protocol 133" remain, such references should be
IPv6-friendly and should be more clear that they are inside IP (rather
than versions of IP), i.e., "IP Protocol/Next Header field with a value
of 133".
Sec 6 should more clearly state that the IANA entry for IP protocol
133 be updated to note that it is NOT used by iFCP.
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