Network Working Group                                            F. Gont
Internet-Draft                                    UTN-FRH / SI6 Networks
Intended status: Standards Track                       November 14, 2012
Expires: May 18, 2013


          Obsoleting the IPv6 Endpoint Identifier (EID) Option
               draft-gont-intarea-obsolete-eid-option-02

Abstract

   This document formally deprecates the IPv6 Endpoint Identification
   (EID) option (hex value 0x8a), thus cleaning up the corresponding
   IANA registry.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   3.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   4.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   5.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     5.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     5.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8









































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1.  Introduction

   The Endpoint Identification option (hex value 0x8a)
   [draft-ietf-nimrod-eid] was meant to convey topologically-independent
   endpoint identification information between source and destination
   endpoints, and was used with the Nimrod routing architecture
   [NIMROD-DOC] to convey Nimrod EIDs.  This option has never seen
   widespread deployment, and therefore this document instructs IANA to
   change the "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop Options" registry
   [IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS] accordingly (marking option 0x8a as
   "Obsolete"), thus cleaning up the corresponding registry.








































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2.  Security Considerations

   This document does not modify the security properties of the IPv6
   option being deprecated.















































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3.  IANA Considerations

   The "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop Options" registry
   [IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS] contains the list of the currently assigned
   IPv6 option numbers.  This document formally deprecates the Endpoint
   Identification option, and requests IANA to mark it as such and
   provide a reference to this document in the corresponding registry
   [IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS].

Hex Value  Binary Value    Description              Reference
          act chg   rest
  0x8A    10   0    01010  Endpoint Identification  [[CHARLES LYNN]] [draft-gont-intarea-obsolete-eid-option]*


[Note, an asterisk (*) denotes an obsoleted IP Option Number.]




































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4.  Acknowledgements

   The author would like to thank Noel Chiappa, Wesley Eddy, and Pearl
   Liang, for providing valuable comments on earlier versions of this
   document.

   The author would like to thank Ron Bonica for his guidance.












































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5.  References

5.1.  Normative References

5.2.  Informative References

   [draft-ietf-nimrod-eid]
              Lynn, C., "Endpoint Identifier Destination Option",  IETF
              Internet Draft, draft-ietf-nimrod-eid-00.txt,
              November 1995.

   [NIMROD-DOC]
              Nimrod Documentation Page,
              "http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nimrod/".

   [IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS]
              Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Parameters,
              "http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-parameters".

































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Author's Address

   Fernando Gont
   UTN-FRH / SI6 Networks
   Evaristo Carriego 2644
   Haedo, Provincia de Buenos Aires  1706
   Argentina

   Phone: +54 11 4650 8472
   Email: fgont@si6networks.com
   URI:   http://www.si6networks.com








































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