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Re: IETF Last Call conclusion for draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08

2017-03-15 11:33:52
Does this mean that only middle boxes, not covered by the architecture could 
insert an extension header for use within the domain?

John

On 3/15/17, 12:21 PM, "ietf on behalf of Tim Chown" 
<ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org on behalf of 
Tim(_dot_)Chown(_at_)jisc(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk> wrote:

    Hi,
    
    > On 15 Mar 2017, at 16:16, Brian E Carpenter 
<brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
    > 
    > Stefano,
    > On 16/03/2017 04:55, Stefano Previdi (sprevidi) wrote:
    > ...
    >> In the mean time, I think it is way too premature to come to conclusion 
on what text should be used for RFC2460bis and I recommend that the current 
text is left unchanged until we figured out what to do with EH insertion.
    > 
    > I believe that we have figured it out: extension header insertion is 
harmful to Internet interoperability.
    > 
    > I fully agree with Suresh's understanding of the rough consensus.
    
    I also agree with Suresh’s appraisal. 
    
    Tim