Hi Matthew, I agree this is an important aspect that’s just lingering around. Although not being adopted and not a part of the WG, if there is a discussion on pros-cons/merits-demerits, I believe GRE(+UDP) deserves a discussion as well. For that matter, it may be worth having a broader discussion!
Thanks, Manish On 14/07/16 9:51 pm, "nvo3 on behalf of Bocci, Matthew (Nokia - GB)" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >WG, > >The NVO3 working group has adopted three data plane encapsulations: >- VXLAN-GPE, >- Geneve, >- GUE (although the draft is moving to the Intarea WG, we anticipate >that NVO3 will still reference this). > >We have discussed this situation with Alia and we feel that there is little >benefit to the community in publishing all three as standards track RFCs. > >We would note that the discussion on the drafts has been relatively light >since their adoption. There has not been serious discussion about their >relative pros/cons (if any), or about the actual usefulness of their >extensibility or differentiators. > >This leaves two options: > >1) Publish all of them as informational or experimental, potentially moving >one of them to standards track in the future based on >implementation/deployment. >2) Pick one now based on technical and/or implementation/deployment criteria. > >We would therefore like to gain a sense of what the WG would like to do with >these drafts. > >Please post your comments to the list. We also have a slot to on the NVO3 >agenda in Berlin where we would like to continue this discussion. > >Best regards, > > >Matthew and Sam > > >_______________________________________________ >nvo3 mailing list >[email protected] >https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3 _______________________________________________ nvo3 mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3
