[rfc-dist] BCP 168, RFC 6398 on IP Router Alert Considerations and Usage

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        BCP 168        
        RFC 6398

        Title:      IP Router Alert Considerations and 
                    Usage 
        Author:     F. Le Faucheur, Ed.
        Status:     Best Current Practice
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       October 2011
        Mailbox:    flefauch at cisco.com
        Pages:      19
        Characters: 44914
        Updates:    RFC2113, RFC2711
        See Also:   BCP0168

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-intarea-router-alert-considerations-10.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6398.txt

The IP Router Alert Option is an IP option that alerts transit
routers to more closely examine the contents of an IP packet.  The
Resource reSerVation Protocol (RSVP), Pragmatic General Multicast
(PGM), the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), Multicast
Listener Discovery (MLD), Multicast Router Discovery (MRD), and
General Internet Signaling Transport (GIST) are some of the protocols
that make use of the IP Router Alert Option.  This document discusses
security aspects and usage guidelines around the use of the current
IP Router Alert Option, thereby updating RFC 2113 and RFC 2711.
Specifically, it provides recommendations against using the Router
Alert in the end-to-end open Internet and identifies controlled
environments where protocols depending on Router Alert can be used
safely.  It also provides recommendations about protection approaches
for service providers.  Finally, it provides brief guidelines for
Router Alert implementation on routers.  This memo documents an Internet 
Best Current Practice.

This document is a product of the Internet Area Working Group Working Group of the IETF.


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