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Mobile IPv6 Vendor Specific Option
draft-ietf-mip6-vsm-03

Yes

(Jari Arkko)

No Objection

(Chris Newman)
(Cullen Jennings)
(David Ward)
(Jon Peterson)
(Lars Eggert)
(Lisa Dusseault)
(Magnus Westerlund)
(Ross Callon)
(Russ Housley)
(Tim Polk)

Abstain


Note: This ballot was opened for revision 03 and is now closed.

Jari Arkko Former IESG member
Yes
Yes () Unknown

                            
Chris Newman Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Cullen Jennings Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Dan Romascanu Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2007-09-20) Unknown
> Vendor specific extensions to protocols can cause serious
   interoperability issues if they are not used carefully. 

I believe that the concerns related to deployment of vendor specific extensions extend beyond interoperability to operational issues like overhead on hosts and routers, impact on network traffic, etc. 

I suggest to chage this phrase as follows: 

   Vendor specific extensions to protocols can cause serious
   interoperability issues and may have adverse operational impact like 
   overhead on hosts and routers, network overload, congestion and
   other if they are not used carefully.
David Ward Former IESG member
(was Discuss) No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Jon Peterson Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Lars Eggert Former IESG member
(was Discuss) No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Lisa Dusseault Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Magnus Westerlund Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Mark Townsley Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection (2007-09-19) Unknown
>    Length
>
>       A 8-bit indicating the length of the option in octets excluding
>       the Type and Length fields.

Please be specific about whether the Vendor ID is included in the length or not.

>    Vendor ID
>
>       The SMI Network Management Private Enterprise Code of the Vendor/
>       Organization as defined by IANA.

Reference for above, please.

Looks like you could turn a Vendor ID option into an Experimental Option simply by letting the Vendor ID be zero. I can see pros and cons to that, and don't have a lot of conviction either way. Just an observation.
Ron Bonica Former IESG member
(was Discuss, Abstain) No Objection
No Objection (2007-09-19) Unknown
Need to add text convincing the reader that vendor specific options are a good thing in low level protocols. Also need to add text regarding interoperability issues.
Ross Callon Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Russ Housley Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Tim Polk Former IESG member
No Objection
No Objection () Unknown

                            
Sam Hartman Former IESG member
Abstain
Abstain (2007-09-19) Unknown
I'm unsure of the value of a vendor specific option in something as low-level as MIP6.  Also, I don't believe the discussion of interoperability and security is strong enough.