Evaluation: draft-ietf-ipv6-flow-label - IPv6 Flow Label Specification

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Last Call to expire on: 2003-07-08

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                      Yes  No-Objection  Discuss  Abstain
Harald Alvestrand    [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Steve Bellovin       [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Randy Bush           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Bill Fenner          [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Ned Freed            [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Ted Hardie           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Russ Housley         [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Allison Mankin       [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Thomas Narten        [ X ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Erik Nordmark        [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Jon Peterson         [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Margaret Wasserman   [ X ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Bert Wijnen          [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]
Alex Zinin           [   ]     [   ]     [   ]     [   ]

2/3 (9) Yes or No-Objection opinions needed to pass.

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Subject: Protocol Action: 'IPv6 Flow Label Specification' to 
         Proposed Standard 

The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'IPv6 Flow Label Specification' 
<draft-ietf-ipv6-flow-label-07.txt> as a Proposed Standard. This document is 
the product of the IP Version 6 Working Group Working Group. The IESG 
contact persons are Thomas Narten and Margaret Wasserman.

Technical Summary
 
The details of the IPv6 Flow Label are not defined in detail in the
base IPv6 documents (i.e., RFC 2460). Although an appendix in 2460
provides some background and a possible usage, they are not considered
part of the specification itself. This document specifies the IPv6
Flow Label field, the requirements for IPv6 source nodes labeling
flows, the requirements for IPv6 nodes forwarding labeled packets, and
the requirements for flow state establishment methods.

Working Group Summary
 
There was consensus in the WG for the current definitions. Indeed,
there has been a desire for sometime to define the Flow Label, as its
considered a part of IPv6, and its lack of a clear definition
contributed to an appearance of lack of completeness.
 
Protocol Quality
 
This document has been reviewed for the IESG by Thomas Narten.