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Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (bfd)

Document Date Status IPR AD/Shepherd
Active Internet-Drafts (3 hits)
26 pages
draft-ietf-bfd-optimizing-authentication-24
Optimizing BFD Authentication
2025-04-16
New
I-D Exists
WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up : Experimental
Reviews: opsdir Early rtgdir IETF Last Call yangdoctors Early secdir Early
Jun 2025
1
Reshad Rahman
20 pages
draft-ietf-bfd-secure-sequence-numbers-18
Meticulous Keyed ISAAC for BFD Authentication
2024-10-21
Expires soon
I-D Exists
WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up : Experimental
Reviews: opsdir Early rtgdir IETF Last Call secdir Early
Jun 2025

Reshad Rahman
21 pages 2025-04-07
I-D Exists
WG Consensus: Waiting for Write-Up : Experimental
Reviews: opsdir Early rtgdir IETF Last Call secdir Early yangdoctors Early yangdoctors IETF Last Call
Jun 2025

Reshad Rahman
Expired Internet-Drafts (3 hits)
13 pages
draft-ietf-bfd-generic-crypto-auth-06
BFD Generic Cryptographic Authentication
2014-04-17
Expired
Waiting for Implementation : Proposed Standard

8 pages
draft-ietf-bfd-hmac-sha-05
Authenticating BFD using HMAC-SHA-2 procedures
2014-07-31
Expired
Waiting for Implementation : Proposed Standard

23 pages
draft-ietf-bfd-mpls-mib-07
BFD Management Information Base (MIB) extensions for MPLS and MPLS-TP Networks
2015-12-01
Expired
WG Document : Proposed Standard

RFCs (21 hits)
49 pages
RFC 5880
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Errata
2010-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc7419, rfc7880, rfc8562, rfc9747
1 Adrian Farrel
7 pages
RFC 5881
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop) Errata
2010-06
Proposed Standard RFC
2 Ross Callon
17 pages
RFC 5882
Generic Application of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Errata
2010-06
Proposed Standard RFC
2 Ross Callon
6 pages
RFC 5883
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multihop Paths
2010-06
Proposed Standard RFC
2 Ross Callon
12 pages
RFC 5884
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs) Errata
2010-06
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc7726
2 Ross Callon
11 pages
RFC 7130
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) on Link Aggregation Group (LAG) Interfaces Errata
2014-02
Proposed Standard RFC
Adrian Farrel
11 pages
RFC 7330
Definitions of Textual Conventions (TCs) for Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Management
2014-08
Proposed Standard RFC
Adrian Farrel
39 pages
RFC 7331
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Management Information Base Errata
2014-08
Proposed Standard RFC
Adrian Farrel
8 pages
RFC 7419
Common Interval Support in Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
2014-12
Informational RFC
Adrian Farrel
7 pages
RFC 7726
Clarifying Procedures for Establishing BFD Sessions for MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
2016-01
Proposed Standard RFC
Alvaro Retana
24 pages
RFC 7880
Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD)
2016-07
Proposed Standard RFC
Alvaro Retana
8 pages
RFC 7881
Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) for IPv4, IPv6, and MPLS
2016-07
Proposed Standard RFC
Alvaro Retana
15 pages
RFC 7882
Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) Use Cases
2016-07
Informational RFC
Alvaro Retana
23 pages
RFC 8562
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multipoint Networks
2019-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Martin Vigoureux
20 pages
RFC 8563
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Multipoint Active Tails
2019-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Martin Vigoureux
9 pages
RFC 8971
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) Errata
2020-12
Informational RFC
Martin Vigoureux
64 pages
RFC 9127
YANG Data Model for Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
2021-10
Proposed Standard RFC
Updated by rfc9314
Martin Vigoureux
58 pages
RFC 9314
YANG Data Model for Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
2022-09
Proposed Standard RFC
John Scudder
16 pages
RFC 9468
Unsolicited Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Sessionless Applications
2023-08
Proposed Standard RFC
John Scudder
12 pages
RFC 9747
Unaffiliated Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Echo
2025-03
Proposed Standard RFC
Éric Vyncke
14 pages
RFC 9764
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Encapsulated in Large Packets
2025-04
Proposed Standard RFC
Éric Vyncke
Related Internet-Drafts and RFCs (12 hits)
18 pages
draft-ietf-bess-evpn-bfd-09
EVPN Network Layer Fault Management
2025-04-03
I-D Exists
WG Document
Review: rtgdir Early

Matthew Bocci
9 pages 2025-02-26
I-D Exists
In WG Last Call
Reviews: rtgdir IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call

Donald E. Eastlake 3rd
23 pages 2025-01-05
I-D Exists
WG Document

13 pages
draft-ietf-mpls-p2mp-bfd-11
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multipoint Networks over Point-to-Multi-Point MPLS Label Switched Path (LSP)
2025-02-19
RFC Ed Queue : IANA
Submitted to IESG for Publication : Proposed Standard
Reviews: opsdir IETF Last Call secdir IETF Last Call genart IETF Last Call rtgdir IETF Last Call rtgdir IETF Last Call
Jim Guichard
Nicolai Leymann
12 pages
draft-ietf-pce-pcep-bfd-parameters-00
PCEP Extensions to support BFD parameters
2025-02-11
I-D Exists
WG Document

21 pages
draft-ietf-rtgwg-vrrp-bfd-p2p-02
Fast failure detection in VRRP with Point to Point BFD
2025-01-31
I-D Exists
WG Document
2
7 pages
draft-ietf-rtgwg-vrrp-p2mp-bfd-12
Applicability of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multi-point Networks in Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
2025-02-13
I-D Exists
WG Document
Reviews: secdir Early rtgdir Early opsdir Early
3
Xiao Min
7 pages
draft-jiang-bfd-multi-hop-unaffiliate-02
Multiple Hop Unaffiliate BFD
2025-03-27
I-D Exists

23 pages
draft-lin-bfd-path-consistency-over-sr-04
BFD Path Consistency over SR
2025-01-14
I-D Exists

14 pages
draft-liu-spring-bfd-srv6-policy-encap-04
Encapsulation of BFD for SRv6 Policy
2024-11-08
I-D Exists

20 pages
draft-nser-vrrp-sbfd-01
Fast failure detection in VRRP with S-BFD
2025-01-27
I-D Exists

14 pages
draft-palanivelan-bfd-v2-gr-13
A Record of Discussions of Graceful Restart Extensions for Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
2011-11-17
I-D Exists (IESG: Dead) Historic
Adrian Farrel