8. Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to this document and for their work on the IPv6 Flow Label:

Qinwen Hu
Tony Hain
Joel Halpern
Jarno Rajahalme
Brian Haberman
Jari Arkko
Ralph Droms
J. Noel Chiappa
Steve Blake
Ran Atkinson

Special thanks to the members of the 6man working group for their extensive discussions and feedback on the Flow Label specification.

The authors also acknowledge the work done in RFC 3697 by J. Rajahalme, A. Conta, B. Carpenter, and S. Deering, which formed the foundation for this document.

This document has benefited from discussions in the IETF 6man working group and from comments received during IETF Last Call and IESG review.