[rbridge] Consensus Call: V-field reversion

[Eastlake III Donald-LDE008]

This consensus from the Chicago meeting has been confirmed.

Donald & Erik

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Eastlake III Donald-LDE008
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 1:37 AM
To: Joe Touch
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Subject: Re: [rbridge] Consensus Check: V-field reversion

Right. (I'm generally using the somewhat less formal wording from the
minutes in these consensus checks.)

Thanks,
Donald

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Touch [mailto:touch at ISI.EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:53 AM
To: Eastlake III Donald-LDE008
Cc: Rbridge at postel.org
Subject: Re: [rbridge] Consensus Check: V-field reversion



Eastlake III Donald-LDE008 wrote:
> This is a check via the mailing list to confirm or refute an apparent
> consensus at the Chicago meeting for a change from protocol draft -05:
> 
>    Eliminate different V field values and revert to two version bits
>    and two reserved bits with the previous provisions that this draft
>    specifies version zero, frames with an unknown version are
>    discarded, reserved bits MUST be zero and are ignored on receipt.

Minor nit to avoid ambiguity:

...MUST be _set to_ zero...

> If no particular controversy arises over this in the next two weeks,
we
> will declare it to be the working group consensus.
> 
> Thanks,
> Donald & Erik
> 
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Joe Touch                Sr. Network Engineer, USAF TSAT Space Segment
               Postel Center Director & Research Assoc. Prof., USC/ISI


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