Subject: Re: [manet] [Int-area] SMF and intarea-ipv4-id-update

From: Joe Touch <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:33:23 -0700

Hi, all,

I'm getting back to updating this doc, and wanted to come back to this 
issue...

Is there a reason why the mechanism proposed for IPv6 (which does not 
reliably include an ID field) is insufficient for IPv4?

Joe

On 3/30/2011 7:10 AM, Joe Macker wrote:
> Yes this is an optional duplicate detection scheme and is an example of use in practice.
>
> Also As Teco mentioned this intended for limited use in edge network multicast systems.
>
> On Mar 30, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Teco Boot wrote:
>
>> Sorry for x-posting. But there is a conflict in:
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-manet-smf
>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-intarea-ipv4-id-update
>>
>> SMF has a duplicate packet detection function based on the IPv4
>> ID field. So text in ietf-intarea-ipv4-id-update section 4
>> is not correct, in that there would be no deployments for such.
>> That said, SMF deployment with IPv4 DPD on IP-ID would be limited.
>>
>> What to do?
>>
>> Teco
>>
>>
>>
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