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Transmission of IP Packets over Overlay Multilink Network (OMNI) Interfaces
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Authors Fred Templin , Tony Whyman
Last updated 2021-08-10
Replaces draft-templin-6man-omni-interface
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Appendix E.  Change Log

   << RFC Editor - remove prior to publication >>

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-32 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-33:

   o  That's it, folks.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-31 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-32:

   o  Only one FHS Proxy/Server is elected as the Hub, and only the Hub
      provides designated router and mobility anchor point services.

   o  Re-adjusted OMNI sub-options to separate Interface Attributes from
      Traffic Selectors.

   o  Removed MS-Register/Release.

   o  Anycast.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-30 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-31:

   o  Major changes, especially in Sections 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 12.2.15 and
      others.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-29 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-30:

   o  Major revision update for review.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-28 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-29:

   o  Interim version with extensive new text - cleanup planned for next
      release.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-27 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-28:

   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-26 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-27:

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   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-25 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-26:

   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-24 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-25:

   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-23 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-24:

   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-22 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-23:

   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-21 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-22:

   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-20 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-21:

   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-19 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-20:

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   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-18 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-19:

   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-17 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-18:

   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-16 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-17:

   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval (with reference to rfcdiff
      from previous version).

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-15 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-16:

   o  Final editorial review pass resulting in multiple changes.
      Document now submit for final approval.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-14 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-15:

   o  Text restructuring to remove ambiguities, eliminate extraneous
      text and improve readability.

   o  Clarified that the OMNI link model is NBMA and that link-scoped
      multicast is through iterative unicast.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-13 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-14:

   o  Brought back the optional two-message exchange feature.

   o  Added TCP RST flag and new (OPT, PNG) flags to the OMNI option
      header.

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   o  Require the OAL node that initiates the symmetric connection to
      include its (future) receive window size in the initial SYN.

   o  Require OAL nodes to select new ISS values that are outside of the
      current SND.WND.

   o  Text clarifications for improved readability.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-12 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-13:

   o  Complete revision of OAL Identification Window Maintenance section
      to incorporate well-known protocol conventions and terminology.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-11 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-12:

   o  Expanded on details of symmetric window synchronization.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-10 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-11:

   o  Included an Ordinal Number field in the Compressed Header format
      for non-final fragments

   o  Clarified that the window coordination protocol is based on the
      IPv6 ND connectionless protocol using TCP constructs, and not
      based on the TCP connection-oriented protocol.

   o  Removed unneeded fields from the OMNI option header.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-09 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-10:

   o  Fixed sizing considerations for OMNI option fields.

   o  Updated handling of multiple OMNI options in the same IPv6 ND
      message.  Only the first option includes the header, while all
      other options include only sub-options.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-08 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-09:

   o  Included reference to RFC3366 and updated section on Fragment
      Retransmission.

   o  Added "ordinal number" marking in Fragment Header reserved field.

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   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-07 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-08:

   o  Included TCP state variables; window scale

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-06 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-07:

   o  Moved Interface Attributes, Type 1 and Type 2 to historic status.

   o  Incorporated Traffic Selector into Interface Attributes, Type 4.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-05 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-06:

   o  Adopted TCP as an OAL packet-based connection-oriented protocol.

   o  Three-Way handshake for establishing symmetric send/receive
      windows

   o  Window length specified, plus "current" and "previous" windows

   o  New appendix on checksum algorithm, with citations changed

   o  Security architecture considerations.

   o  More details on HIP message signatures.

   o  Require firewalls at OAL destinations.

   o  Removed "equal-length" requirement for OAL non-final fragments.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-04 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-05:

   o  Change to S/T-omIndex definition.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-03 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-04:

   o  Changed reference citations to "draft-templin-6man-aero".

   o  Included introductory description of the "6M's".

   o  Included new OMNI sub-option for PIM-SM.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-02 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-03:

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   o  Added citation of RFC8726.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-01 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-02:

   o  Updated IANA registration policies for OMNI registries.

   Differences from draft-templin-6man-omni-00 to draft-templin-6man-
   omni-01:

   o  Changed intended document status to Informational, and removed
      documents from "updates" category.

   o  Updated implementation status.

   o  Minor edits to HIP message specifications.

   o  Clarified OAL and *NET IP header field settings during
      encapsulation and re-encapsulation.

   Differences from earlier versions to draft-templin-6man-omni-00:

   o  Established working baseline reference.

Authors' Addresses

   Fred L. Templin (editor)
   The Boeing Company
   P.O. Box 3707
   Seattle, WA  98124
   USA

   Email: fltemplin@acm.org

   Tony Whyman
   MWA Ltd c/o Inmarsat Global Ltd
   99 City Road
   London  EC1Y 1AX
   England

   Email: tony.whyman@mccallumwhyman.com

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