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Fwd: RE: Fwd: Explicit Null Configuration

  • From: Roger Clark Williams <rogerw@nordlink.com>
  • Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 07:16:41 -0700
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Thanks to both for the clarifications. I had a feeling I might not be 
getting it quite right...

Roger Williams


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> > The above conflict with the (current) definition of explicit null ie:
> > "This label value is only legal at the bottom of the label stack" .
> >
> > but in accordance with the (new/draft) definition which will remove the
> > restriction of
> > being at the bottom of the stack . their is a draft addressing this point
> > but can not recall
> > it's name .
>
>draft-rosen-mpls-explicit-null-01.txt:
>
>    RFC 3032 defines a reserved label value known as "IPv4 Explicit NULL"
>    and a reserved label value known as "IPv6 Explicit NULL".  It states
>    that these label values are only legal at the bottom of the MPLS
>    label stack.  This restriction is now removed, so that those label
>    values are legal anywhere in the stack.
>
>Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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