RE: [PWE3] Proposed new 5.4.3 for arch draft

["Ron Cohen" <ronc at lyciumnetworks.com>]

Stewart,

Do you want to change to the following section 5.4.4, or intend to leave
it as is?

Thanks
Ron

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pwe3-admin@ietf.org [mailto:pwe3-admin@ietf.org] On 
> Behalf Of Stewart Bryant
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:47 PM
> To: pwe3@ietf.org
> Subject: [PWE3] Proposed new 5.4.3 for arch draft
> 
> 
> Here is the proposed change to 5.4.3 that was discussed
> at the WG meeting. Also here is the corresponding change
> to section 9.
> 
> The arch draft will become informational, and
> I will post a pre-draft of the full document with all
> the 07 changes incorporated some time next week.
> 
> Please consider this the start of a two week last
> call on this change.
> 
> I will put together a draft for the CW text in the
> next few days.
> 
> - Stewart
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 5.4.3. PW Packets Aliasing IP Packets
> 
> To allow accurate packet inspection in an MPLS PSN, and/or to operate
> correctly over MPLS PSNs that have deployed equal-cost multiple-path
> load-balancing (ECMP), a PW packet must not alias an IP packet.
> IP packets are carried in MPLS label stacks without any protocol
> identifier. The method of packet discrimination must therefore
> be based on some unique characteristic of the IP packet header,
> which PWE3 must not mimic.
> 
> This is the subject of work in progress.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 9.  IANA considerations
> 
>     IANA considerations will be identified in the PWE3 documents that
>     define the PWE3 encapsulation, control and management protocols.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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