Subject: RE: Last Call: <draft-trammell-ipfix-tcpcontrolbits-revision-04.txt> (Revision of the tcpControlBits IPFIX Information Element) to Informational RFC

From: "Scharf, Michael (Michael)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:47:47 +0000

Hi all,

A small editorial nit: RFC 793, RFC3168 and RFC3540 (which is experimental, BTW) all classify bits 3,4,5 in octets 13 and 14 of the TCP header as "Reserved".

In the information element according to this draft, the corresponding bits are named "Future Use", with the reference "per the definition of the bits in the TCP header [RFC0793]". Strictly speaking, this terminology differs slightly to RFC 793 and the very well-known figure depicting the TCP header.
 
For whatever it is worth, I suggest to better explain the different wording. For instance, instead of ...

      Each of the three future use bits (0x800, 0x400, and 0x200) should
      be exported as observed in the TCP headers of the packets of this
      Flow, as they may be used subsequent to a future update of
      [RFC0793].

... an alternative wording better reflecting the exact header definition in RFC 793 could be:

      Each of the three future use bits (0x800, 0x400, and 0x200) should
      be exported as observed in the TCP headers of the packets of this
      Flow, which are reserved for future use in [RFC0793].

Best regards

Michael

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> Abstract
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>    This document revises the tcpControlBits IPFIX Information Element
> as
>    originally defined in [RFC5102] to reflect changes to the TCP Flags
>    header field since [RFC0793].
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