Carlos Pignataro
Pronouns: he/him
Carlos has held various technology and executive roles at Cisco. Most recently, he was Head of Technology and Data for Cisco’s Engineering Sustainability, and previously held roles of Distinguished Engineer and CTO for the Services Global Service Provider and CX businesses.
Carlos serves as adjunct faculty at North Carolina State University, as member in various Board of Directors, is a Fellow at the National Academy of inventors, and has received multiple industry awards.
Originally from Argentina, Carlos lives in North Carolina, US, enjoys volunteering and traveling, and values humor and connecting with people.
More info at https://www.linkedin.com/in/cpignata/ and https://carlos.pignataro.net/.
Roles
| Role | Group | |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | Ops Directorate (opsdir) | cpignata@gmail.com |
| Reviewer | Internet Area Directorate (intdir) | cpignata@gmail.com |
| Reviewer | Routing Area Directorate (rtgdir) | cpignata@gmail.com |
| Reviewer | Ops Directorate (opsdir) | cpignata@gmail.com |
| Reviewer | Performance Metrics Directorate (perfmetrdir) | cpignata@gmail.com |
| Secretary | Ops Directorate (opsdir) | cpignata@gmail.com |
External Resources
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Frequently Asked Questions | https://www.linkedin.com/in/cpignata/ |
| Additional Web Page | https://carlos.pignataro.net/ |
RFCs (57)
| RFC | Date | Title | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|
| RFC 4349 | Feb 2006 | High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) Frames over Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol, Version 3 (L2TPv3) | 3 RFCs |
| RFC 4454 | May 2006 | Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) over Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3 (L2TPv3) | 5 RFCs |
| RFC 4817 | Mar 2007 | Encapsulation of MPLS over Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3 | 3 RFCs |
| RFC 4884 | Apr 2007 | Extended ICMP to Support Multi-Part Messages | 19 RFCs |
| RFC 4950 | Aug 2007 | ICMP Extensions for Multiprotocol Label Switching | 6 RFCs |
| RFC 5082 | Oct 2007 | The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM) | 34 RFCs |
| RFC 5085 | Dec 2007 | Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for Pseudowires | 48 RFCs |
| RFC 5494 | Apr 2009 | IANA Allocation Guidelines for the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) | 3 RFCs |
| RFC 5515 | May 2009 | Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) Access Line Information Attribute Value Pair (AVP) Extensions | |
| RFC 5571 | Jun 2009 | Softwire Hub and Spoke Deployment Framework with Layer Two Tunneling Protocol Version 2 (L2TPv2) | 3 RFCs |
| RFC 5640 | Aug 2009 | Load-Balancing for Mesh Softwires | 5 RFCs |
| RFC 5641 | Aug 2009 | Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3 (L2TPv3) Extended Circuit Status Values | 4 RFCs |
| RFC 5642 | Aug 2009 | Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for OSPF | 1 RFC |
| RFC 5695 | Nov 2009 | MPLS Forwarding Benchmarking Methodology for IP Flows | 4 RFCs |
| RFC 5837 | Apr 2010 | Extending ICMP for Interface and Next-Hop Identification | 11 RFCs |
| RFC 5885 | Jun 2010 | Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for the Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV) | 19 RFCs |
| RFC 6192 | Mar 2011 | Protecting the Router Control Plane | 10 RFCs |
| RFC 6201 | Mar 2011 | Device Reset Characterization | 3 RFCs |
| RFC 6592 | Apr 2012 | The Null Packet | |
| RFC 6593 | Apr 2012 | Service Undiscovery Using Hide-and-Go-Seek for the Domain Pseudonym System (DPS) | |
| RFC 6667 | Jul 2012 | LDP 'Typed Wildcard' Forwarding Equivalence Class (FEC) for PWid and Generalized PWid FEC Elements | 1 RFC |
| RFC 6720 | Aug 2012 | The Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (GTSM) for the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) | 4 RFCs |
| RFC 6814 | Nov 2012 | Formally Deprecating Some IPv4 Options | 2 RFCs |
| RFC 6829 | Jan 2013 | Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping for Pseudowire Forwarding Equivalence Classes (FECs) Advertised over IPv6 | 4 RFCs |
| RFC 6918 | Apr 2013 | Formally Deprecating Some ICMPv4 Message Types | 1 RFC |
| RFC 7126 | Feb 2014 | Recommendations on Filtering of IPv4 Packets Containing IPv4 Options | 2 RFCs |
| RFC 7214 | May 2014 | Moving Generic Associated Channel (G-ACh) IANA Registries to a New Registry | |
| RFC 7279 | May 2014 | An Acceptable Use Policy for New ICMP Types and Codes | |
| RFC 7325 | Aug 2014 | MPLS Forwarding Compliance and Performance Requirements | 5 RFCs |
| RFC 7439 | Jan 2015 | Gap Analysis for Operating IPv6-Only MPLS Networks | 3 RFCs |
| RFC 7506 | Apr 2015 | IPv6 Router Alert Option for MPLS Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) | 1 RFC |
| RFC 7527 | Apr 2015 | Enhanced Duplicate Address Detection | 1 RFC |
| RFC 7537 | May 2015 | IANA Registries for LSP Ping Code Points | 2 RFCs |
| RFC 7552 | Jun 2015 | Updates to LDP for IPv6 | 4 RFCs |
| RFC 7588 | Jul 2015 | A Widely Deployed Solution to the Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Fragmentation Problem | 2 RFCs |
| RFC 7665 | Oct 2015 | Service Function Chaining (SFC) Architecture | 28 RFCs |
| RFC 7676 | Oct 2015 | IPv6 Support for Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) | 10 RFCs |
| RFC 7737 | Jan 2016 | Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping and Traceroute Reply Mode Simplification | |
| RFC 7880 | Jul 2016 | Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) | 16 RFCs |
| RFC 7881 | Jul 2016 | Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) for IPv4, IPv6, and MPLS | 5 RFCs |
| RFC 7882 | Jul 2016 | Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) Use Cases | 2 RFCs |
| RFC 7884 | Jul 2016 | OSPF Extensions to Advertise Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) Target Discriminators | 2 RFCs |
| RFC 7885 | Jul 2016 | Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) for Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV) | 1 RFC |
| RFC 7886 | Jul 2016 | Advertising Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) Discriminators in the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol Version 3 (L2TPv3) | 1 RFC |
| RFC 7922 | Jun 2016 | Interface to the Routing System (I2RS) Traceability: Framework and Information Model | 4 RFCs |
| RFC 8012 | Nov 2016 | Label Switched Path (LSP) and Pseudowire (PW) Ping/Trace over MPLS Networks Using Entropy Labels (ELs) | 1 RFC |
| RFC 8029 | Mar 2017 | Detecting Multiprotocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures | 17 RFCs |
| RFC 8287 | Dec 2017 | Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping/Traceroute for Segment Routing (SR) IGP-Prefix and IGP-Adjacency Segment Identifiers (SIDs) with MPLS Data Planes | 7 RFCs |
| RFC 8300 | Jan 2018 | Network Service Header (NSH) | 21 RFCs |
| RFC 8372 | May 2018 | MPLS Flow Identification Considerations | 2 RFCs |
| RFC 8403 | Jul 2018 | A Scalable and Topology-Aware MPLS Data-Plane Monitoring System | 6 RFCs |
| RFC 8690 | Dec 2019 | Clarification of Segment ID Sub-TLV Length for RFC 8287 | |
| RFC 8924 | Oct 2020 | Service Function Chaining (SFC) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Framework | 5 RFCs |
| RFC 9041 | Jul 2021 | Updating the MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs) Ping Parameters IANA Registry | 1 RFC |
| RFC 9198 | May 2022 | Advanced Unidirectional Route Assessment (AURA) | 2 RFCs |
| RFC 9214 | Apr 2022 | OSPFv3 Code Point for MPLS LSP Ping | |
| RFC 9263 | Aug 2022 | Network Service Header (NSH) Metadata Type 2 Variable-Length Context Headers | 3 RFCs |
Active Internet-Drafts (13)
- draft-irtf-nmrg-green-ps
- draft-pignataro-green-enviro-icmp
- draft-pignataro-green-enviro-sust-terminology
- draft-pignataro-enviro-sustainability-consid
- draft-pignataro-enviro-sustainability-architecture
- draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization
- draft-andersson-mpls-rfc8029-lsp-ping-naming
- draft-ietf-mpls-spring-lsp-ping-path-sid
- draft-ietf-bier-ping
- draft-cwbgp-green-energy-saving-management
- draft-cx-green-green-metrics
- draft-nainar-mpls-lsp-ping-yang
- draft-xzlnp-bier-ioam
Expired Internet-Drafts (117)
- draft-eckert-ietf-and-energy-overview
- draft-cprjgf-bmwg-powerbench
- draft-bonica-intarea-icmp-op-exp
- draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-iana
- draft-brockners-ippm-ioam-vxlan-gpe
- draft-ietf-spring-sr-oam-requirement
- draft-ali-spring-sr-service-programming-oam
- draft-ali-spring-bfd-sr-policy
- draft-ali-spring-ioam-srv6
- draft-weis-ippm-ioam-eth
- draft-mizrahi-ippm-ioam-profile
- draft-nainar-mpls-spring-lsp-ping-sr-generic-sid
- draft-iqbal-spring-mpls-ping-algo
- draft-brockners-ippm-ioam-geneve
- draft-anand-ippm-po-ioam
- draft-nainar-mpls-spring-lsp-ping-sids
- draft-brockners-nvo3-ioam-geneve
- draft-brockners-ioam-vxlan-gpe
- draft-brockners-inband-oam-transport
- draft-brockners-inband-oam-requirements
- draft-kumar-ipfix-sfc-extension
- draft-ooamdt-rtgwg-ooam-requirement
- draft-maglione-sfc-nsh-radius
- draft-mglt-sfc-security-environment-req
- draft-penno-sfc-appid
- draft-ooamdt-rtgwg-oam-gap-analysis
- draft-penno-sfc-packet
- draft-reddy-sfc-nsh-security-req
- draft-zheng-intarea-gre-yang
- draft-mwnpkazcap-rtgwg-common-oam
- draft-penno-sfc-trace
- draft-mirsky-bier-oam-requirements
- draft-secretaries-good-practices
- draft-akiya-bfd-seamless-sr
- draft-akiya-bfd-seamless-alert-discrim
- draft-tissa-nvo3-yang-oam
- draft-kumar-nvo3-overlay-ping
- draft-guichard-sfc-metadata-header
- draft-guichard-sfc-mpls-metadata
- draft-ietf-opsec-icmp-filtering
- draft-bryant-ip-metadata
- draft-kumar-softwire-uet
- draft-pignataro-mpls-reserved-labels-lb
- draft-mpls-ipv6-only-gap
- draft-nadeau-pwe3-vccv2
- draft-shen-traceroute-ping-ext
- draft-ietf-l2tpext-l2tp-ppp
- draft-shen-udp-traceroute-ext
- draft-ietf-l2tpext-pwe3-ip