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IPv6 Router Alert Option for MPLS Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
RFC 7506

Yes

(Adrian Farrel)
(Alia Atlas)

No Objection

(Alissa Cooper)
(Barry Leiba)
(Benoît Claise)
(Brian Haberman)
(Jari Arkko)
(Joel Jaeggli)
(Martin Stiemerling)
(Pete Resnick)
(Richard Barnes)
(Stephen Farrell)
(Ted Lemon)

Note: This ballot was opened for revision 02 and is now closed.

(Adrian Farrel; former steering group member) Yes

Yes (for -02)

                            

(Alia Atlas; former steering group member) Yes

Yes ()

                            

(Alissa Cooper; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Barry Leiba; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Benoît Claise; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Brian Haberman; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Jari Arkko; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Joel Jaeggli; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Kathleen Moriarty; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection (2015-02-17)
Thanks for addressing the non-security nits found by the SecDir reviewer.
https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/secdir/current/msg05420.html

(Martin Stiemerling; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Pete Resnick; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Richard Barnes; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Spencer Dawkins; former steering group member) (was Discuss) No Objection

No Objection (2015-02-16)
Thanks for working with me to clear my Discuss, which was:

This Discuss ballot is probably more accurately a "Please clue in a TSV AD who is trying to pattern match and failing" ballot, and likely quick to resolve.

But, I'm looking at this text:

4.  Updates to RFC 4379

   [RFC4379] specifies the use of the Router Alert Option in the IP
   header.  Sections 4.3 and 4.5 of [RFC4379] are updated as follows:
   for every time in which the "Router Alert IP option" is used, the
   following text is appended:

      In case of an IPv4 header, the generic IPv4 Router Alert Option
      value 0x0 [RFC2113] SHOULD be used.  In case of an IPv6 header,
                          ^^^^^^
      the IPv6 Router Alert Option value TBD1 allocated through this
      document for MPLS OAM MUST be used.
      
When I click over to Section 4.3 of [RFC4379], I see this text:

4.3.  Sending an MPLS Echo Request

   An MPLS echo request is a UDP packet.  The IP header is set as
   follows: the source IP address is a routable address of the sender;
   the destination IP address is a (randomly chosen) IPv4 address from
   the range 127/8 or IPv6 address from the range
   0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:127/104.  The IP TTL is set to 1.  The source UDP port
   is chosen by the sender; the destination UDP port is set to 3503
   (assigned by IANA for MPLS echo requests).  The Router Alert option
   MUST be set in the IP header.
   ^^^^
   
Could you help me understand whether this is really a MUST in Section 4.3 of [RFC4379] that is morphing into a SHOULD for IPv4 and remaining a MUST in IPv6?

I have the same confusion in Section 4.5, but I'm betting the same answer applies.

(Stephen Farrell; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()

                            

(Ted Lemon; former steering group member) No Objection

No Objection ()