Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) Security Considerations
draft-ietf-spring-srv6-security-19

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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
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Subject: Document Action: 'Segment Routing IPv6 Security Considerations' to Informational RFC (draft-ietf-spring-srv6-security-16.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Segment Routing IPv6 Security Considerations'
  (draft-ietf-spring-srv6-security-16.txt) as Informational RFC

This document is the product of the Source Packet Routing in Networking
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-spring-srv6-security/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   SRv6 is a traffic engineering, encapsulation and steering mechanism
   utilizing IPv6 addresses to identify segments in a pre-defined
   policy.  This document discusses security considerations in SRv6
   networks, including the potential threats and the possible mitigation
   methods.  The document does not define any new security protocols or
   extensions to existing protocols.

Working Group Summary

   This document is the culmination of many hours of work by the WG to produce a security considerations document as requested by the IESG. Strong consensus to move the document forward.

Document Quality

   This is an informational document detailing security considerations for segment routing.

Personnel

   The Document Shepherd for this document is Zafar Ali. The Responsible
   Area Director is Jim Guichard.

RFC Editor Note