Subject: RE: draft-ietf-l2tpext-mcast-00.txt

From: "Reinaldo Penno" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 11:30:58 -0700

Hello

I just, briefly, read this draft.

I would like to know if someone is actually implementing it.

regards,

Reinaldo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Narten [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:41 AM
> To: W. Mark Townsley
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Subject: draft-ietf-l2tpext-mcast-00.txt
> 
> 
> The WG has asked that this be published as an experimental RFC. A few
> questions/comments.
> 
> 1) Why experimental as opposed to Standards Track (the document
>    defines new AVPs and the procedures for using them)? Lack of
>    general support?  Outright hostility to certain aspects?
> 
> 2) This document appears to have one or even two normative references
>    to other IDs. Specifically:
> 
> >    The procedure used is described in [SVCTYPE], with the following 
> >    particularities:   
> > 
> > 
> >    [SVCTYPE]    D. McPherson, S. Nanji, "L2TP Service Type",   
> >                 <draft-ietf-l2tpext-svctype-01.txt>, Work 
> in Progress,  
> >                 April 2001.
> 
> >    The router MUST also be Designated Router for the M-IGP 
> running in 
> >    the network, or be IGMP proxy (as defined in [PROXY]). 
> > 
> >    [PROXY]      W. Fenner, "IGMP-based Multicast Forwarding 
> ("IGMP       
> >                 proxying")", 
> <draft-ietf-idmr-proxy-00.txt>, Work in  
> >                 Progress, April 2001.  
> 
> Are these normative references? If so, this document needs to wait for
> the others before being published. What is the status of these other
> documents?
>    
> Thomas
>