Thank you Brian - will revert to the previous text for -12
Ana
>
> On 11 Feb 2023, at 02:03, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This document is in very good shape, but version 11 introduced a
> significant confusion in the first sentence of the Introduction:
>
> "... the DiffServ Code Point (DSCP) [RFC2474] carried in the
> DiffServ field [RFC2474] of the IP packet header and the Traffic
> Class field of the IPv6 packet header."
>
> The last clause makes the whole sentence unclear. RFC2474 defines
> the DiffServ field thus:
>
> "Differentiated Services Field: the IPv4 header TOS octet or the IPv6
> Traffic Class octet when interpreted in conformance with the
> definition given in this document."
> There is no reason to mention the IPv6 Traffic Class if you do not
> also mention the IPv4 TOS byte; it just creates confusion. Please
> revert to the previous version of the sentence. To avoid all doubt,
> we could refer to Section 2 of RFC 2474 ("Terminology Used in This
> Document").
>
> (Incidentally, RFC 2474 doesn't use or define the contraction "DiffServ".
> It defines and extensively uses DS as the abbreviation for Differentiated
> Services. I'm not objecting to "DiffServ", just saying...)
>
> Regards
> Brian Carpenter
>
>> On 11-Feb-23 07:57, The IESG wrote:
>> The IESG has received a request from the Transport Area Working Group WG
>> (tsvwg) to consider the following document: - 'Considerations for Assigning a
>> new Recommended DiffServ Codepoint
>> (DSCP)'
>> <draft-ietf-tsvwg-dscp-considerations-11.txt> as Informational RFC
>> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final
>> comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
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>> Abstract
>> This document discusses considerations for assigning a new
>> recommended DiffServ Code Point (DSCP) for a new standard Per Hop
>> Behavior (PHB). It considers the common observed remarking behaviors
>> that the DiffServ field might be subjected to along an Internet path.
>> It also notes some implications of using a specific DSCP.
>> The file can be obtained via
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tsvwg-dscp-considerations/
>> No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
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