Authors
I have reviewed the draft. It is well written, and I only have a few very minor
editorial comments.
Please treat these as you would any other WG LC comment.
Pg 5:
“o Next Hop Address = VPN-IPv6 address of next hop with an 8-octet RD
is set to zero (potentially followed by the link-local VPN-IPv6
address of the next hop with an 8-octet RD is set to zero).”
s/is set to zero/set to zero, in both cases.
Pg7:
“This specification does not propose that the Extended Next Hop
Encoding capability be used with any other combinations of <NLRI AFI,
NLRI SAFI, Nexthop AFI>. In particular, this specification does not
propose that the Extended Next Hop Encoding capability be used for
NLRI AFI/SAFIs whose definition already allows use of both IPv4 and
IPv6 next hops (e.g., AFI/SAFI = <1/132> as defined in
[RFC4684<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4684>]).
Similarly, it does not propose that the Extended Next Hop Encoding
capability be used for NLRI AFI/SAFIs for which there is already a
solution for advertising a next hop of a different address family
(e.g., AFI/SAFI = <2/1>, <2/2>, or <2/4> with IPv4 Next Hop as per
[RFC4798<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4798>] and AFI/SAFI = <2/128> with
IPv4 Next Hop as per
[RFC4659<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4659>]).”
I am not sure “propose” is the right word, as this document (when published as
an RFC) specifies a specific set of procedures. It will not be a proposal. I
suggest rephrasing the first sentence to:
“The Extended Next Hop Encoding capability MUST NOT be used with any other
combinations of <NLRI AFI, NLRI SAFI, Nexthop AFI>.”
I also found the second part of the paragraph starting “In particular” to be
unnecessary given the first sentence. If it is needed, then maybe you could
rephrase it to read as an example, e.g.:
“For example, the Next Hop Encoding capability specified in this document is
not intended to be used for...” and “Similarly, it is not intended that the
Extended Next Hop Encoding capability be used for NLRI AFI/SAFIs for which
there is already solution...”.
Best regards
Matthew
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