Hi, Fred (et al.), It might be useful to be clear whether this option MUST NOT be used on atomic datagrams (i.e., where IPv4 DF==1 or when not source fragmented) and that it cannot be used for purposes other than reassembly (as the regular ID is per RFC 6484).
Joe — Dr. Joe Touch, temporal epistemologist www.strayalpha.com > On Jul 28, 2023, at 12:54 PM, Templin (US), Fred L > <fred.l.temp...@boeing.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: I-D-Announce <i-d-announce-boun...@ietf.org> On Behalf Of > internet-dra...@ietf.org > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2023 12:29 PM > To: i-d-annou...@ietf.org > Subject: I-D Action: draft-templin-intarea-ipid-ext-00.txt > > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts > directories. > > Title : Identification Extension Options for the Internet Protocol > Author : Fred L. Templin > Filename : draft-templin-intarea-ipid-ext-00.txt > Pages : 10 > Date : 2023-07-28 > > Abstract: > The Internet Protocol, version 4 (IPv4) header includes a 16 bit > Identification field in all packets, but this length is too small to > ensure reassembly integrity even at moderate data rates in modern > networks. Even for Internet Protocol, version 6 (IPv6), the 32 bit > Identification field may be smaller than desired for some intended > uses. This document addresses these limitations by defining both an > Identification Extension option for IPv4 and a corresponding > Destination Option for IPv6. > > The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-templin-intarea-ipid-ext/ > > There is also an htmlized version available at: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-templin-intarea-ipid-ext-00 > > Internet-Drafts are also available by rsync at rsync.ietf.org::internet-drafts > > > _______________________________________________ > I-D-Announce mailing list > i-d-annou...@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i-d-announce > Internet-Draft directories: http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html > or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt > > _______________________________________________ > Int-area mailing list > Int-area@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
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