Post-Stack MPLS Network Action (MNA) Header Specification
draft-ietf-mpls-mna-ps-hdr-10

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Subject: Protocol Action: 'Post-Stack MPLS Network Action (MNA) Header Specification' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-mpls-mna-ps-hdr-08.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Post-Stack MPLS Network Action (MNA) Header Specification'
  (draft-ietf-mpls-mna-ps-hdr-08.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the Multiprotocol Label Switching Working
Group.

The IESG contact persons are Gunter Van de Velde, Jim Guichard and Ketan
Talaulikar.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-mna-ps-hdr/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   This document defines the Post-Stack MPLS Network Action (MNA) Header
   Specification for carrying Network Actions encodings and Ancillary
   Data after the MPLS label stack, based on the In-Stack MNA
   Specification defined in "MPLS Network Action (MNA) Sub-Stack
   Specification."  MPLS Network Actions can be used to influence packet
   forwarding decisions, carry additional Operations, Administration,
   and Maintenance information in the MPLS packet, or perform user-
   defined operations.  This document follows the framework specified in
   RFC 9789.

Working Group Summary

   As reported in the shepherd writeup, there was not a lot of enthusiam from the WG although rough consensus to move the documewnt forward. 

Document Quality

   There are no reported implementations. Shepherd report provides a lot of background for the document.

Personnel

   The Document Shepherd for this document is Adrian Farrel. The
   Responsible Area Director is Jim Guichard.

RFC Editor Note