Re: TSV-DIR review of draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-atomic-fragments-03

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Joe,

On 01/24/2013 04:35 PM, Joe Touch wrote:
> FWIW, this document includes text that somewhat defeats the previous
> recommendations of TCPM regarding RFC5927.
> 
> RFC5927 includes specific text indicating that the techniques described
> are being documented, but that the TCP standard was NOT being changed to
> include those ICMP validation checks.
> 
> This document states that:
> 
>       Many implementations fail to perform validation checks on the
>       received ICMPv6 error messages, as recommended in Section 5.2 of
>       [RFC4443] and [RFC5927].

Are we fine if I remove "and [RFC5927]"? -- Because RFC4443 does
recommend that ICMPv6 messages be validated.


> I.e., the second RFC does NOT recommend changes; it documents them. This
> document should be VERY carefully reviewed to ensure that it does not
> undo the previous TCPM concerns about these techniques.

We can remove "and [RFC5927]" or change it to "...Section 5.2 of
[RFC4443] and documented in [RFC5927]"

Thoughts?

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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