RFC Errata
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Status: Rejected (1)
RFC 6206, "The Trickle Algorithm", March 2011
Source of RFC: roll (rtg)
Errata ID: 8576
Status: Rejected
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Jim J Jewett
Date Reported: 2025-09-15
Rejected by: Ketan Talaulikar
Date Rejected: 2025-09-30
Section 6.8 says:
A consistency occurs when a node hears an older or equal version number. When hearing an older version number, rather than reset its own Trickle timer, the node sends an update.
It should say:
A consistency occurs when a node hears an older or equal version number. When hearing an older version number, rather than reset its own Trickle timer, the node sends an update through another protocol.
Notes:
I had been thinking of the version as a sort of epoch counter, rather than a full software change.
Without the clarification that the update is sent Out Of Band (with respect to trickle), my initial interpretation was that the "update" would consist of sending the newer version number -- and this would not actually happen, unless the counter c were still less than k when the node reached time t.
--VERIFIER NOTES--
As discussed over the ROLL WG mailing list, the proposed changes do not reflect the intentions of the RFC based on WG participant inputs. Please check for more details : https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/roll/9Zi8tFqBFZvON8mgzqmNVq4l4p8/
