RFC Errata
RFC 5601, "Pseudowire (PW) Management Information Base (MIB)", July 2009
Source of RFC: pwe3 (int)
Errata ID: 1860
Status: Rejected
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Alfred Hoenes
Date Reported: 2009-09-09
Rejected by: Stewart Bryant
Date Rejected: 2011-11-12
Section 12, pg.26 says:
a) [[ 2nd para of DESCRIPTION clause for pwOutboundLabel OBJECT-TYPE: ]] For MPLS, MPLS over IP, or MPLS over Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) PSN, it represents the 20-bit PW tag; for L2TP, it represents the 32-bit Session ID; and for | IP PSN, it represents the destination UDP port number. b) [[ 2nd para of DESCRIPTION clause for pwInboundLabel OBJECT-TYPE: ]] For MPLS, MPLS over IP, or MPLS over GRE PSN, it represents the 20-bit PW tag; for L2TP, it represents the 32-bit | Session ID; and for IP PSN, it represents the source UDP port number.
It should say:
a) For MPLS, MPLS over IP, or MPLS over Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) PSN, it represents the 20-bit PW tag; for L2TP, it represents the 32-bit Session ID; and for | IP PSN, it represents the remote UDP port number. b) For MPLS, MPLS over IP, or MPLS over GRE PSN, it represents the 20-bit PW tag; for L2TP, it represents the 32-bit | Session ID; and for IP PSN, it represents the local UDP port number.
Notes:
Rationale:
Confusion of terms; the role of source vs. destination port number
changes with the direction in which the packets are sent, whereas
the role of local vs. remote port number is static (from the point
of view of each peer) and as such can be configured here.
The necessary clarification substitutes the proper terms for the
inappropriate ones.
--VERIFIER NOTES--
The original text is clear and correct.