Subject: [DNA] Document Action: 'Link-layer Event Notifications for Detecting Network Attachments' to Informational RFC

From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:21:02 -0400

The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'Link-layer Event Notifications for Detecting Network Attachments '
   <draft-ietf-dna-link-information-06.txt> as an Informational RFC

This document is the product of the Detecting Network Attachment Working 
Group. 

The IESG contact persons are Jari Arkko and Mark Townsley.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dna-link-information-06.txt

Technical Summary

  Certain network access technologies are capable 
  of providing various link-layer status information 
  to IP.  Link-layer event notifications can help
  IP expeditiously detect configuration changes. This
  document provides a non-exhaustive catalogue of
  information available from well-known access technologies.

Working Group Summary

  The dna working group reached consensus on this document on the DNA
  mailing list. There was strong support for the document from key
  contributors to the WG and no opposition.

  One contentious issue in this draft has been whether
  it should document just Link Up or also Link Down
  events. Based on reviews from the designer of DNAv4
  and the AD review, it was finally decided to focus
  only on the Link Up event.

Protocol Quality

  This document and has been reviewed by the dna working group
  and the required changes have been incorporated into the document.
  The document has also been reviewed by a member of the IAB
  (Bernard Aboba) and wg chairs of the bridgeand hubmib working
  groups (Dan Romascanu and David Harrington). Some of the
  information contained within has been derived from documents
  reviewed by other standards bodies.

  A significant amount of review was also received during
  IETF Last Call, and the suggested changes are either in
  the -06 version or in the below RFC Editor notes.

Note to RFC Editor
 
  Please insert a new paragraph between the 2nd and 3rd paragraph of
  Section 1:

  OLD:
  NEW:
  Link-layer event notifications can help IP expeditiously detect
  configuration changes. This document provides a non-exhaustive
  catalog of information available from some access technologies, and
  discusses the interpretation of this information at the IP layer. This
  document is not intended to specify or change the behaviour of these
  access technologies in any manner.

  Also, please change the following. In Section 3:

  OLD:
  notification must be delivered
  NEW:
  notification is delivered

  OLD:
  notification must be generated and what information must be included in
it
  NEW:
  notification is generated and what information is included in it

  Section 3.1:

  OLD:
  must generate a link up
  NEW:
  generates a link up

  OLD:
  notification must be the IPv4
  NEW:
  notification is the IPv4

  Section 3.2:

  OLD:
  notification must be delivered
  NEW:
  notification is delivered

  OLD:
  address must be provided
  NEW:
  address is provided

Section 3.3:

  OLD:
  must be generated
  NEW:
  is generated

  OLD:
  must cause a link up
  NEW:
  causes a link up

  OLD:
  notification must be generated, if one
  NEW:
  notification is generated, if one

  OLD:
  notification must be generated.
  NEW:
  notification is generated.