On 19-Feb-21 06:56, Fernando Gont wrote: > Hello, Gorry! > > Thanks a lot for your review. In-line.... > > On 18/2/21 13:54, Gorry Fairhurst via Datatracker wrote: ... >> * The ID also discusses use of the IPv6 Flow Label: This seems a little off >> topic, but seems linked to EH implications on ECMP. However, the final >> sentence of this section is a reference to [Jaeggli-2018] which in turn >> concludes that the IPv6 Flow Label should not be used it as a part of hashes >> for load balancing. Yet, as far as I know, this is not the recommendation of >> the IETF in 2020. > > FWIW, we discuss the Flow Label a bit because the usual reaction would > be "why do you process the header chain for load-balancing, instead of > employing the Flow Label?" However, Gorry is right that citing Joel's operational comments is only part of the story. I immodestly suggest citing RFC 7098 too, for a discussion of how the flow label can in principle be used for server load balancing. Brian -- last-call mailing list last-call@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/last-call
