Obsoleting the Endpoint Identifier (EID) Option
draft-gont-intarea-obsolete-eid-option-00

Internet Area Working Group (intarea)                            F. Gont
Internet-Draft                                                   UK CPNI
Intended status: Standards Track                          April 26, 2012
Expires: October 28, 2012

            Obsoleting the Endpoint Identifier (EID) Option
               draft-gont-intarea-obsolete-eid-option-00

Abstract

   This document formally obsoletes the IPv6 Endpoint Identification
   (EID) option (hex value 0x8a), thus cleaning up the corresponding
   IANA registry, and possibly serving as a basis for providing advice
   about the filtering of packets containing this option.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   3.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   4.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   5.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     5.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     5.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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1.  Introduction

   The Endpoint Identification option (hex value 0x8a) [EID-OPTION] was
   meant to be used with the Nimrod routing architecture [NIMROD-DOC],
   but has never seen widespread deployment.  Therefore, this document
   instructs IANA to change the "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop
   Options" registry [IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS] accordingly, marking option
   0x8a as "Obsolete".

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2.  Security Considerations

   This document has no security implications.

   RFC Editor: Please remove this section before publication.

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3.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to mark option 0x8a in the "Destination Options and
   Hop-by-Hop Options" registry [IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS] as "Deprecated",
   with a reference to this RFC.

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4.  Acknowledgements

   Fernando Gont would like to thank CPNI (http://www.cpni.gov.uk) for
   their continued support.

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5.  References

5.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

5.2.  Informative References

   [EID-OPTION]
              LynnRoy, C., "Endpoint Identifier Destination Option",
              Work in Progress, November 1995.

   [NIMROD-DOC]
              Nimrod Documentation Page,
              "http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nimrod/".

   [IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS]
              Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Parameters,
              "http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-parameters".

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Author's Address

   Fernando Gont
   UK Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure

   Email: fernando@gont.com.ar

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