@techreport{li-mpls-redefining-eli-00, number = {draft-li-mpls-redefining-eli-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-li-mpls-redefining-eli/00/}, author = {Stewart Bryant and John Drake and Tony Li}, title = {{Redefining ELI considered harmful; NPL considered harmful}}, pagetotal = 9, year = 2022, month = apr, day = 7, abstract = {Recent work on MPLS Network Actions (MNA) has produced two drafts that propose to redefine the MPLS Entropy Label Indicator (ELI) for use with MNA. {[}I-D.jags-mpls-ext-hdr{]} {[}I-D.gandhi-mpls-ioam{]} This work also proposes the use of a Network Programming Label (NPL) as another option for use with MNA. This document considers both of these options harmful in the sense of {[}GOTO{]}.}, }