> -----Original Message----- > From: ipv6 [mailto:ipv6-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian E Carpenter > In Section 4 ("IPv6 Extension Headers") the draft says: > > > With one exception, extension headers are not processed by any node > > along a packet's delivery path, until the packet reaches the node (or > > each of the set of nodes, in the case of multicast) identified in the > > Destination Address field of the IPv6 header. > > (FYI, the exception is the hop-by-hop extension header.) > > I do not dispute that this sentence reached WG consensus. However, I want > to ask if it has IETF consensus. In my opinion, this sentence should read > > With one exception, extension headers are not processed, inserted, > deleted or modified by any node along a packet's delivery path, until > the packet reaches the node (or each of the set of nodes, in the case > of multicast) identified in the Destination Address field of the IPv6 > header. > > I believe this was always the intended meaning of the word "processed" > from the earliest design phase of IPv6, but some people have read this > text as allowing insertion, deletion or modification of headers. IMHO > it needs to be clarified. I also prefer Brian's text. Just remembering that it took a long time to reach consensus. My impression was that some people preferred to retain the ambiguity. But not me, so I vote for Brian's clarified text. One extra comma, though: "... inserted, deleted, or modified ..." Bert