[IPv6]Re: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-6man-snac-router-ra-flag-06 (Ends 2026-04-23)

Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> Sat, 25 April 2026 16:16 UTC

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Tom,

Good question.  In this case, I think we can leave it up to the RFC Editor.  They will either expand it, or add it to their list of acronyms.

See: https://rpc-wiki.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/doku.php?id=abbrev_list

Bob



> On Apr 25, 2026, at 4:59 AM, tom petch <ietfc@btconnect.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
> Sent: 25 April 2026 12:52
> 
> Does it? I'm not saying it definitely doesn't but I'm not seeing the need. It's just an identifier. If you aren't implementing or using a snac router, do you actually care what the acronym stands for?
> 
> <tp>
> Fine if you know what a SNAC is but it is something I have not taken any notice of until Bob's post which made me think perhaps I ought to look it up and find out and then found that the Abstract and Introduction asssumed I knew what it was - which I did not.   I note that the original I-D did not use SNAC in its title, that was a later Introduction on adoption.  I suspect that the editors will call for an expansion but am content to leave it and see what happens!
> 
> Tom Petch
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2026, at 1:48 PM, tom petch wrote:
> From: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com<mailto:bob.hinden@gmail.com>>
> Sent: 24 April 2026 04:34
> 
> Any additional comments?
> 
> 
> <tp>
> 
> Does 'SNAC' need expanding in either the Title or Abstract or both?  I suspect that it does at this point in time.
> 
> Tom Petch
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 20, 2026, at 10:09 AM, Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com<mailto:bob.hinden@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Reminder that this w.g. last call is still active.
>> 
>> While the chairs think there is support for this advancing since this document had previously been advanced, we would like to hear from more people in the working group on this last call.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Bob & Jen
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 9, 2026, at 8:22 AM, Bob Hinden via Datatracker <noreply@ietf.org<mailto:noreply@ietf.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> This message starts a 6MAN WG Last Call for:
>>> draft-ietf-6man-snac-router-ra-flag-06
>>> 
>>> This w.g. last call is being done to resolve the normative reference issue discussed at the 6MAN session
>>> at IETF125 and on the mailing list.
>>> 
>>> This Working Group Last Call ends on 2026-04-23
>>> 
>>> Abstract:
>>> This document defines a new flag, the SNAC Router flag, in the Router
>>> Advertisement message that can be used to distinguish configuration
>>> information sent by SNAC routers from information sent by transit
>>> routers.
>>> 
>>> File can be retrieved from:
>>> 
>>> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-6man-snac-router-ra-flag-06.html
>>> 
>>> A diff from the previous version is available at:
>>> https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-6man-snac-router-ra-flag-06
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