Re: [mpls] MPLS-RT review of draft-bonica-mpls-self-ping

[Ronald Bonica <[e-mail]>]

Greg,

In the message below, you question whether draft-bonica-mpls-self-ping should be INFORMATIONAL or PS. In a similar vein, you ask whether RFC 2119 language should be used.

When I wrote the draft, I considered both, couldn’t decide, and tossed a coin ;-)

AFAIKS, the IETFs criteria for PS are a bit fuzzy. You might argue that the draft should be PS because it defines “bits on the wire”. But on the other hand, you might argue that it doesn’t need to be PS because:


-          It doesn’t address interoperability requirements (because the sender and receiver are the same node)

-          It doesn’t request any IANA assignments

I would be very happy to let somebody else decide whether the draft should be INFORMATIONAL or PS. Maybe the chairs or ADs can offer an opinion?

                                                                                                   Ron



From: Gregory Mirsky [mailto:[e-mail]]
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Subject: RE: MPLS-RT review of draft-bonica-mpls-self-ping

Dear All,
I've been assigned to review draft-bonica-mpls-self-ping.
The document is very well written, the problem in focus is clearly stated, and the proposed solution well described.
I do have a number of concerns with the status of the document and the approach as presented:
·         document intended track is Informational even though the solution being positioned as "new, light-weight protocol". If this is indeed new protocol or even extension of the existing one, then I expect there must be requests to IANA allocations. At this time "This document makes no request of IANA." Either LSP Self-ping can be characterized through re-use of already existing protocols and approaches, or document should be switched to Standards track;