Re: [Bier] Paul Wouters' Discuss on draft-ietf-bier-bar-ipa-12: (with DISCUSS)

[Alvaro Retana <[e-mail]>]

On April 18, 2022 at 2:47:15 PM, Paul Wouters wrote:


Paul:

Hi!

Thanks for the review!


Just replying to your first point.  I'll let the authors address the second one.


Alvaro.


> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> DISCUSS:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [1]
> This document could instruct IANA to rename "240-254 Experimental Use" to
> "240-254 Private and Experimental Use", since that is what this document
> states:
>
> If a BAR value is not specified in a RFC but only privately used for
> a deployment, it MUST be within the "240-254 Experimental Use" range
> of the registry.

I think that renaming the range makes sense.


> Furthermore, the statement implies there are two different allocation types
> here ("RFC" and "privately used"), but the IANA Registry shows 3 types:
>
> 0-127 Standards Action
> 128-239 Specification Required
> 240-254 Experimental Use
>
> The "Specification Required" could be a non-RFC specification.

Standards Action covers Standards Track RFCs.

Specification Required covers RFCs not on the Standards Track and non-RFCs.

Private and Experimental Use don't require documentation, or registration.

I see three. ;-)

I'm not sure if you were looking for an additional change (beyond the
registration policy of the range).  ??


> If this is done, the Abstract should mention the IANA Registry is updated and
> the IANA Considerations section should be updated.

Yes.