RE: tsv-dir review of draft-ietf-storm-ifcp-ipn133-updates-02

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Joe,

Many thanks for reviewing the draft.

The requested changes look reasonable, with one clarification - protocol number 133 was used for a pre-standard version of FCIP, not iFCP .

Thanks,
--David


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Touch [mailto:touch@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:02 PM
> To: draft-ietf-storm-ifcp-ipn133-updates@xxxxxxxx; Black, David; david.peterson@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: IETF discussion list; TSV Dir
> Subject: tsv-dir review of draft-ietf-storm-ifcp-ipn133-updates-02
> 
> Hi, all,
> 
> I've reviewed this document as part of the transport area
> directorate's ongoing effort to review key IETF documents. These
> comments were written primarily for the transport area directors, but
> are copied to the document's authors for their information and to
> allow them to address any issues raised. The authors should consider
> this review together with any other last-call comments they
> receive. Please always CC tsv-dir@xxxxxxxx if you reply to or forward
> this review.
> 
> ----
> 
> This document updates the specification for iFCP over TCP by
> deprecating address translation mode.
> 
> There are no significant transport issues raised by this
> document. There are some clarifications that seem necessary, as noted
> below.
> 
> Joe
> 
> ------
> 
> The title implies that there is a 133rd version of IP (i.e., IPv133). It
> might be more useful to focus on the changes it proposes:
> 
> 	Deprecating Translation Mode for iFCP over TCP
> 
> Overall, the prominence of the protocol 133 issue should be reduced, as
> it is not specific to the changes proposed by this document. This includes:
> 
> 	 - removing the last sentence of the abstract
> 
> 	 - removing the last paragraph of Section 1
> 
> 	 - change section 4 as follows:
> 
> 	   section heading:
> 			Using iFCP over TCP
> 
> 	   section content:
> 
> 		   Explain that iFCP runs as a payload inside TCP
> 		   using dynamic port numbers coordinated out-of-band.
> 
> 		   Add that IP protocol 133 is not used for iFCP,
> 		   but was used for a pre-release version that
> 		   did run directly over IP, was deployed, and
> 		   may still be in use.
> 
> 		   (do not discuss IANA actions; that's for Sec 6,
> 		   and since removal is not requested, it would not
> 		   occur anyway)
> 
> If references to "Protocol 133" remain, such references should be
> IPv6-friendly and should be more clear that they are inside IP (rather
> than versions of IP), i.e., "IP Protocol/Next Header field with a value
> of 133".
> 
> Sec 6 should more clearly state that the IANA entry for IP protocol
> 133 be updated to note that it is NOT used by iFCP.
> 
> ----
> 

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