Protocol Action: The PPP DECnet Phase IV Control Protocol (DNCP) to Draft Standard

[IESG Secretary <[e-mail]>]

  The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft "The PPP DECnet Phase IV Control
  Protocol (DNCP)" <draft-ietf-pppext-dncp-00.txt> as a Draft Standard.
  This document is the product of the Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions
  Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Stev Knowles and Claudio
  Topolcic.


Technical Summary

  This document defines the PPP Network Control Protocol for
  establishing and configuring Digital's "Digital Network Architecture"
  (DNA) Phase IV Routing protocol (DECnet Phase IV) over PPP.  This
  document applies only to DNA Phase IV Routing messages (both data and
  control), and not to other DNA Phase IV protocols (MOP, LAT, etc).

  There are at least three interoperable implementations. This
  specification does not have options, hence the implementations are
  fully interoperable.

Working Group Summary

  There was no significant dissent in the Working Group. There were no
  alternative approaches proposed. This specification enjoyed
  substantial consensus.


Protocol Quality

  This protocol is in use in the Internet.  No problems were uncovered
  by operational experience when this protocol was in the Proposed
  Standard stage. No changes were required to the protocol. The current
  draft differs from RFC 1376 only by minor editorial clarifications.

  No discussion followed the last call announcement. No issues were
  brought up by the community. This specification was reviewed by
  Topolcic of the IESG, who suggested the editorial changes.