[IPFIX] Write-up for draft-trammell-ipfix-tcpcontrolbits-revision-03.txt
Nevil Brownlee <[email protected]>
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Hi Benoit: Thanks for agreeing to sponsor the tcpControlBits-revision draft; here's my write-up for it: Write-up for: draft-trammell-ipfix-tcpcontrolbits-revision-03.txt Revision of the tcpControlBits IPFIX Information Element === 1. Summary === Document shepherd: Nevil Brownlee Responsible Area Director: Benoit Claise This document revises the tcpControlBits IPFIX Information Element defined in RFC 5102 to reflect changes to the TCP Flags header field since RFC 793. Since RFC 5102 is a Proposed Standard RFC, a change to one of its Information Elements requires IETF consensus. The document is Informational; it provides information to IPFIX developers who wish to use TCP's ECN-related flag bits. === 2. Review and Consensus === This draft was written by Brian Trammell and Paul Aitken, both of whom are IE-Doctors and active IPFIX developers. Andrew Feren and Lothar Braun made further contributions to the discussion; in particular noting that backward compatibility with existing IPFIX collectors must be maintained. The draft has been discussed on the IPFIX list since early September; there is clear consensus for it within the WG. Brian acknowledges that this work on this is partially supported by the mPlane project, implying that there is strong interest in it within mPlane. === 3. Intellectual Property === There are no IPR disclosures for this draft. Since it's simply updating an Information Element to match current - i.e. later than RFC 793 - Internet Standards, I can't believe anyone could claim IPR on it! === 4. Other Points === This document does not have any downward references. Its IANA Considerations simply ask IANA to change the tcpControlBits Information Element (IE) in the IE Registry, following the process described in RFC 7012. This is a simple, clearly-defined change. The ID-nits checker complains that some of its references are drafts that have been published as RFCs; the RFC Editor will fix those. Overall, I believe that this draft is ready for publication as an RFC. Cheers, Nevil -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nevil Brownlee Computer Science Department Phone: +64 9 373 7599 x88941 The University of Auckland FAX: +64 9 373 7453 Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand _______________________________________________ IPFIX mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipfix