Protocol Action: 'Delay-Tolerant Networking TCP Convergence Layer Protocol Version 4' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-dtn-tcpclv4-26.txt)
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The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Delay-Tolerant Networking TCP Convergence Layer Protocol Version 4' (draft-ietf-dtn-tcpclv4-26.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Martin Duke and Magnus Westerlund. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dtn-tcpclv4/ Technical Summary This document describes the Delay-Tolerant Networking TCP Convergence Layer Protocol Version 4 (TCPCLv4) for use with the Bundle Protocol Version 7 (BPv7) [I-D.ietf-dtn-bpbis]. The BPv7 implements a store-and-forward overlay network suitable for delay-tolerant message exchange. The protocol data unit for the BPv7 is the "bundle". BPv7 agents require convergence layer adapters (CLAs) to send and receive "bundles" using the service of some "native" link, network, or Internet protocol. Both the BPv7 and its CLAs reside at the application layer of the Internet model protocol stack [RFC1122]. The TCPCLv4 describes a CLA that sends and received bundles using the well-known Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). This specification describes the format and processing of the protocol data units passed between entities participating in TCPCLv4 communications. Working Group Summary: TCPCLv4 is descended from an experimental IRTF specification TCPCLv3 [RFC7242]. Implementation experience with TCPCLv3 identified limitations such as ambiguity in bundle acknowledgment and refusal, non-normative discussion on how to incorporate TLS, and minor inefficiencies associated with sequencing. TCPCLv4 was created to address those limitations and prepare the specification for non-experimental use. Technical discussions over the last 3 years have been well informed and focused on TLS negotiations, overall protocol agent state machines, and a protocol extension mechanism. There is no controversy related to the adoption of the specification; DTNWG consensus on the draft is strong. Document Quality: The workflow for TCPCLv4 remained largely unchanged from that of TCPCLv3 for which reference implementations exist. Co-author B. Sipos has created a reference implementation of TCPCLv4 to demonstrate features and ensure the clarity of the draft. Much of the recent review provided by the DTNWG focused on increasing the overall clarity of the specification to ensure no ambiguities exist for implementers. There have been no problems discovered with the reference implementation for this draft. Personnel: The Document Shepherd is Ed Birrane. The Responsible Area Director is Magnus Westerlund.