RE: Status of Issue 278

["Glen Zorn" <glenzorn@comcast.net>]

Alan DeKok [mailto:aland@deployingradius.com] writes:

> Glen Zorn wrote:
> ...
> >>   Without this text, IANA may allocate 0..255 to the new extended-
> type,
> >> potentially confusing people with conflicts between that and the
> >> standard attribute space.
> >
> > Utter and complete nonsense.
> 
>   Which doesn't address the issue.

Very astute.  You are correct, it dismisses the "issue" as nonsense.  Merely
because an "issue" is present in an "issues list" means nothing; in
particular, it doesn't mean that there is any WG consensus that the (in this
case nonexistent) problem is actually an issue.

> 
>   a) Can IANA allocate numbers 0..255 in Ext-Type?

Addressed in the existing draft.

>   b) If not, why not?
>   c) If so, is this a good idea?
> 
>   Alan DeKok.


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