Re: IPv6 Flow Label

[Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>]

On 2008-05-08 08:37, Philip Matthews wrote:
> On Wed, 7-May-08, at 02:46 , Rémi Després wrote:
>> Brian E Carpenter wrote :
>>> So, I'd say that the default behavior for a relayed packet should be
>>> "Assign 0", and "Assign a new flow label according to RFC3697" should
>>> be optional (just as the whole of RFC3697 is optional). And this is
>>> entirely independent of whether or not the incoming packet has a
>>> non-zero flow label.
> 
>> This is IMU the right behavior
> 
> 
>> I had essentially the same conclusion (see for example
>> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/behave/current/msg03789.html).
> 
>> A slightly different wording could however, IMO, be preferable.
>> "Assign 0" and "RFC3697" should be placed on an equal footing, no one
>> being more "default" than the other: a source may have either behavior;
>> a destination or an intermediate node may not assume any of the two
>> behaviors in particular.
> 
> If no one has any objections, I will adopt this behavior.

Sure. The main point is that a TURN relay should behave like
any other IPv6 speaker in this respect - no special rules.

   Brian