Re: [dtn] BPv7 compliance and handling of unknown EID schemes

RJ A <rja.lists@gmail.com> Wed, 06 March 2024 12:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dtn] BPv7 compliance and handling of unknown EID schemes
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> On Mar 5, 2024, at 22:14, Erik Kline <ek.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> There are a couple of crypto RFCs that are mostly (entirely?) test
> vectors.  This obviously makes sense for that specific context, but an
> "implementation guidance" doc for BPv7 with test vectors accompanying
> advice would seem like a Good Thing (tm) imho.

Agree.

I’d suggest splitting the idea above into 2 documents, primarily so that in future they could be separately incremented/revised/advanced as appropriate.

A) Implementation Guidance, likely status Informational, likely RFC category IETF
B) BPv7 Test Vectors, likely status Standards-Track, likely RFC category IETF

Also, I’d suggest that the “Test Vectors” document contain at least 2 different sections.  One section would contain known invalid inputs.  The other would contain known valid inputs.  That would increase the test coverage a bit and likely would help interoperability.

Cheers,

Ran