Protocol Action: 'Deprecation Of The IPv6 Router Alert Option For New Protocols' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-6man-deprecate-router-alert-13.txt)

The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Mon, 12 May 2025 19:02 UTC

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Subject: Protocol Action: 'Deprecation Of The IPv6 Router Alert Option For New Protocols' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-6man-deprecate-router-alert-13.txt)
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The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Deprecation Of The IPv6 Router Alert Option For New Protocols'
  (draft-ietf-6man-deprecate-router-alert-13.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Erik Kline and Éric Vyncke.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6man-deprecate-router-alert/




Technical Summary

   This document deprecates the IPv6 Router Alert Option.  Protocols
   that use the Router Alert Option may continue to do so, even in
   future versions.  However, new protocols that are standardized in the
   future must not use the Router Alert Option.

   This document obsoletes RFC 2711.

Working Group Summary

   Deprecating anything brings out all the opinions, but there was
   general consensus that this text suffices (deprecates Router Alert
   for future work but existing protocols may carry on unmodified).

Document Quality

   Document is short and to-the-point. It aims to prevent future
   protocols from requiring implementation of Router Alert support.

Personnel

   The Document Shepherd for this document is Bob Hinden. The Responsible
   Area Director is Erik Kline.

IANA Note

  IANA is requested to mark the Router Alert Option as "Deprecated"
  in the Destination Options and Hop-by-hop Options Registry.

Protocol Action: 'Deprecation Of The IPv6 Router … The IESG