Naming the Protocol specified RFC 8029
draft-andersson-mpls-rfc8029-lsp-ping-naming-00

MPLS WG                                                     L. Andersson
Internet-Draft                                  Bronze Dragon Consulting
Updates: RFC 8029 (if approved)                                  M. Chen
Intended status: Informational                       Huawei Technologies
Expires: 27 November 2024                                   C. Pignataro
                                                    Blue Fern Consulting
                                                             26 May 2024

                 Naming the Protocol specified RFC 8029
            draft-andersson-mpls-rfc8029-lsp-ping-naming-00

Abstract

   RFC 8029 specifies the key MPLS Operation, Administration, and
   Maintenance protocol, sometimes referred to MPLS Label Switched Path
   (LSP) Ping, or MPLS LSP Ping.

   Howerver, the actual name of the protocol have never been explicitly
   specified or documented.  This document corrects that omission.

   This document updatess RFC 8029.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Background  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Protocol Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     4.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     4.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3

1.  Background

   RFC 8029 [RFC8029] specifies the basis for the main MPLS Operation,
   Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) protocol.  The title of the
   RFCs is "Detecting Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Data-Plane
   Failures".

   The title correctly captures what the protocol does, but not what the
   protocol is called.

   RFC 8029 defines two modes for the protocol it specifies, Ping and
   Traceroute respectively.

   RFC 8611 [RFC8611] talks about "MPLS Ping" and "MPLS Ping and
   Traceroute" interchangeably, when referring to RFC 8029.

   The MPLS Working Group Charter (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/
   charter-ietf-mpls/ (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/charter-ietf-
   mpls/)) talks about "LSP Ping" as one of the MPLS key protocols.

   Other working groups, e.g.  PALS, and BESS have documents citing RFC
   8029.  However, the name(s) used to reference RFC 8029 are not
   consistent.

2.  Protocol Name

   The following paragraph is now added to Section 1.1 "Conventions" in
   RFC 8029 as the second paragraph.

   The protocol defined in this RFC 80929 [RFC8029] is called "MPLS
   Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping and Traceroute", AKA MPLS LSP Ping.

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   Whenever a document refers to either "MPLS Label Switched Path Ping
   and Traceroute", "MPLS LSP Ping" or "LSP Ping" they refer to the
   protocol specified in RFC 8029 [RFC8029].  When there’s a specific
   text refering to lsp ping or traceroute, they refer to modes of
   operation.

3.  IANA Considerations

   This document does not make any IANA requests.

   Note to the RFC Editor: Please remove this section before
   publication.

4.  References

4.1.  Normative References

   [RFC8029]  Kompella, K., Swallow, G., Pignataro, C., Ed., Kumar, N.,
              Aldrin, S., and M. Chen, "Detecting Multiprotocol Label
              Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures", RFC 8029,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8029, March 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8029>.

4.2.  Informative References

   [RFC8611]  Akiya, N., Swallow, G., Litkowski, S., Decraene, B.,
              Drake, J., and M. Chen, "Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping
              and Traceroute Multipath Support for Link Aggregation
              Group (LAG) Interfaces", RFC 8611, DOI 10.17487/RFC8611,
              June 2019, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8611>.

Authors' Addresses

   Loa Andersson
   Bronze Dragon Consulting
   Email: loa@pi.nu

   Mach Chen
   Huawei Technologies
   Email: mach.chen@huawei.com

   Carlos Pignataro
   Blue Fern Consulting
   Email: cpignata@gmail.com

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