Using the 8-bit TOS field for Extended Addressing...

["Jim Fleming" <JimFleming at ameritech.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian E Carpenter" <brian at hursley.ibm.com>
To: "Jason Gao" <jag at kinet.com.cn>
Cc: <ietf at ietf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: Fuzzy-layering and its suggestion - Towards better QoS solution in the IPv6 network


> Jason Gao wrote:
> ...
> > > You don't get to pull a bit out for your private use.
> > >
> > It is still not a requirement that every node in the Internet must be DS-compliant.
> 
> These statements are both true. A node that chooses not to
> implement RFC 2474 cannot use the TOS bits for private purposes.
> 
>    Brian
> 

You seem to be confused about how the 32-bit, IPv4, end-to-end, Internet is defined.
You seem to be focused on nodes outside of the Internet, as opposed to the infrastructure
that creates what most people view as "the Internet".