RFC 7498, "Problem Statement for Service Function Chaining", April 2015

Errata ID: 5336
Status: Rejected
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Boyuan Yan
Date Reported: 2018-04-26
Rejected by: Martin Vigoureux
Date Rejected: 2018-05-22

Section 3.3 says:

   The SFC encapsulation also carries data-plane metadata that provides
   the ability to exchange information between logical classification
   points and service functions (and vice versa) and between service
   functions.  Metadata is not used as forwarding information to deliver
   packets along the service overlay.

It should say:

   The SFC encapsulation also carries data-plane metadata that provides
   the ability to exchange information between logical classification
   points and service functions (and vice versa) and between service
   functions.  Metadata is used as forwarding information to deliver
   packets along the service overlay.

Notes:

Error occurs in the last sentence of 2nd paragraph in Section 3.3. Metadata should be used as forwarding information to deliver packets along the service overlay.
--VERIFIER NOTES--
SFC Path identification is not part of the metadata.

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