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Subject:    Re: 6MAN WG Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-udpchecksums-06.txt>
From:       Magnus Westerlund <magnus.westerlund () ericsson ! com>
Date:       2012-12-12 8:44:05
Message-ID: 50C843D5.2040606 () ericsson ! com
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Thanks for the Review,

On 2012-12-12 02:02, Joel M. Halpern wrote:
> This (and the companion document draft-ietf-6man-udpzero) seem ready for
> publication to me.
> =

> I do have a minor questions.  It is sufficiently minor that if necessary
> it may be ignored so publication can proceed.
> =

> I section 5, bullet 3 talks about "tunnel protocol will not
> significantly increase the rate of corruption of the inner packet", and
> then talks about needing to use additional integrity verification if
> there is a risk of such increased corruption.  My question is, what kind
> of encapsulating protocol would or could, by its nature, create such a
> risk?  It is not at all clear to me what a protocol designer should be
> watching for.

The one think we have determined could cause increased corruption is
tunnels that fragment. That is discussed in the document in Section
3.1.5 but not explicitly linked to this bullet.

Cheers

Magnus Westerlund

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