IPv6 Application of the Alternate-Marking Method
draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-alt-mark-17

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Subject: Protocol Action: 'IPv6 Application of the Alternate Marking Method' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-alt-mark-17.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'IPv6 Application of the Alternate Marking Method'
  (draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-alt-mark-17.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Erik Kline and Éric Vyncke.

A URL of this Internet Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-alt-mark/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   This document describes how the Alternate Marking Method can be used
   as a passive performance measurement tool in an IPv6 domain.  It
   defines a new Extension Header Option to encode Alternate Marking
   information in both the Hop-by-Hop Options Header and Destination
   Options Header.

Working Group Summary

   This has had discussion on the ipv6@ list and detailed
   comments were received from several people.  General
   support for advancing this document.

Document Quality

   There is at least one commercial implementation of alternate marking for
   MPLS and SRv6.  An implementation of this draft (alternative marking for
   HbH and DestOpt options) as a proof of concept is in progress.  This
   implementation is using an experimental code point.

Personnel

   Document Shepherd: Ole Troan
   Responsible Area Director: Erik Kline

IANA Note

   IANA is requested to allocate a code point from the IPv6
   "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop Options" registry
   (section 7).

RFC Editor Note