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Telechat Review of draft-ietf-ipfix-data-link-layer-monitoring-07
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Request Review of draft-ietf-ipfix-data-link-layer-monitoring
Requested revision No specific revision (document currently at 08)
Type Telechat Review
Team General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) (genart)
Deadline 2013-11-19
Requested 2013-11-06
Authors Shingo Kashima , Atsushi Kobayashi , Paul Aitken
I-D last updated 2014-05-22
Completed reviews Genart Last Call review of -06 by Ben Campbell (diff)
Genart Telechat review of -07 by Ben Campbell (diff)
Secdir Last Call review of -06 by Sam Hartman (diff)
Assignment Reviewer Ben Campbell
State Completed
Request Telechat review on draft-ietf-ipfix-data-link-layer-monitoring by General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) Assigned
Reviewed revision 07 (document currently at 08)
Result Ready w/issues
Completed 2014-05-22
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Document: draft-ietf-ipfix-data-link-layer-monitoring-07
Reviewer: Ben Campbell
Review Date: 2013-11-19
IESG Telechat date: 2013-11-21

Summary: This draft is essentially ready for publication as a standards track
RFC. However, there is one issue that I unfortunately missed in my last call
review of version 06 that should be considered prior to publication.

Major issues:

None

Minor issues:

There's a normative downref to RFC 2804, which is informational. That seems a
really odd draft for a normative reference. There may be precedent, as I note
that RFC 5477, referenced here for security considerations, does the same
thing.  I apologize for bringing this up this late in the process--I missed it
in my earlier review at last call.

As I understand it the context is that certain data elements can include
payload octets. This is subject to the security considerations in 5477, which
basically say don't include too much, because of guidance from 2804. But my
reading of 2804 does not give specific guidance things like how much payload
one can capture before it becomes too much.

I think the simplest solution would be to keep the reference to the 5477
security considerations, and reiterate that this model is not intended for
gross capture of payloads, perhaps with an _informative_ reference to 2804.

Nits/editorial comments:

None