Re: RSVP for IPv6

[itojun@itojun.org (Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino)]

> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 savitha.kumar@wipro.com wrote:
> > I wanted some information on implementation of RSVP (any other signaling
> > protocol) for IPv6. I was looking in the IETF website & got a reference
> > of a draft (draft-berson-rsvp-ipv6-fl-00.ps) which is expired now. I
> > wanted to know if any document (RFC/draft) for RSVP has been
> > standardized for IPv6.
> >  
> > Any pointers to support of signaling protocols for IPv6 would be great!
> 
> RSVP already supports IPv6 from the start.
> 
> Based on the I-D filename you quote, the I-D probably discussed how to
> use IPv6 Flow Label field in the header in conjuction with RSVP.  
> There hasn't been work on that AFAIK.

	FYI: RFC2205 (RSVP base spec) has FILTER_SPEC for IPv6 flow label field.
	(but i guess it is outdated as it uses 24bit flow label, not 20bit...)

itojun