Subject: [RAI] IETF LC of a draft about RSVP

From: Cullen Jennings <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:04:11 -0600

There is a draft in IETF LC that will likely have some impact on where we think the IETF should use RSVP for audio and video flows. If you care, you might want to give it a read. 

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> From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
> Date: June 29, 2011 8:07:58 AM MDT
> To: IETF-Announce <[email-masked]>
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> Subject: Last Call: <draft-ietf-intarea-router-alert-considerations-05.txt> (IP Router Alert Considerations and Usage) to BCP
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> The IESG has received a request from the Internet Area Working Group WG
> (intarea) to consider the following document:
> - 'IP Router Alert Considerations and Usage'
>  <draft-ietf-intarea-router-alert-considerations-05.txt> as a BCP
> 
> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
> final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
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> Abstract
> 
> 
>   The IP Router Alert Option is an IP option that alerts transit
>   routers to more closely examine the contents of an IP packet.
>   Resource reSerVation Protocol (RSVP), Pragmatic General Multicast
>   (PGM), Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), Multicast Listener
>   Discovery (MLD), Multicast Router Discovery (MRD) and General
>   Internet Signalling Transport (GIST) are some of the protocols that
>   make use of the IP Router Alert option.  This document discusses
>   security aspects and usage guidelines around the use of the current
>   IP Router Alert option.  Specifically, it provides recommendation
>   against using the Router Alert in the end-to-end open Internet as
>   well as identify controlled environments where protocols depending on
>   Router Alert can be used safely.  It also provides recommendation
>   about protection approaches for Service Providers.  Finally it
>   provides brief guidelines for Router Alert implementation on routers.
> 
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> 
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> The file can be obtained via
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-intarea-router-alert-considerations/
> 
> IESG discussion can be tracked via
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-intarea-router-alert-considerations/
> 
> 
> No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
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