Subject: Re: RSVP-TE draft-08

From: David Charlap <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 16:16:54 -0500

George Swallow wrote:
>
> Version -08 of the RSVP-TE draft contains updates based on
> the IESG last call.  They are summarized below.
>
> ...George
>
>> Hello RSVP Tunnel Editors,
>> 
>>  here are the IESG's comments on
>> <draft-ietf-mpls-rsvp-lsp-tunnel-07.txt>
>> 
>> 1)  The null/best-effort service has already been advanced as a
>>     PS.  The CoS object in the RSVP-TE (draft
>>     draft-ietf-mpls-rsvp-lsp-tunnel-07.txt) has an object that
>>     essentially serves the same purpose.  The CoS object can also
>>     provide indications of better than BE traffic, but such
>>     indications can also be provided via the objects described in
>>     draft-ietf-mpls-diff-ext-07.txt.  The IESG would like the now
>>     redundant CoS object removed  from the RSVP-TE draft
>
> Section removed.

Why was this summarily deleted without any discussion?

Those implementations that have not yet implemented the DiffServ draft
are now forced to implement it in order to signal best-effort tunnels,
because the mechanism formerly employed has disappeared without any
warning whatsoever.

-- David