Re: [tcpm] IANA TCP options registry

The bubba and skeeter options were reserved by Stev Knowles, then working at FTP Software. The options are parts of an encryption system. The documentation for that system was not made publicly available. According to Stev, the options were actually deployed and used, certainly until 2000, and possibly later. 

-----Original Message-----
From: tcpm-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:tcpm-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Fernando Gont
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 2:51 PM
To: Joe Touch
Cc: tcpm-chairs@tools.ietf.org; Alfred Hönes; tcpm@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [tcpm] IANA TCP options registry

Hi, Joe,

>> The IANA TCP options registry
>> (http://www.iana.org/assignments/tcp-parameters/) lacks of valuable
>> information. e.g., you need to figure out by yourself what the "Bubba"
>> option is (or what it is used for), and missing references (e.g., for
>> options #20 through #23 are missing).
> 
> Some of that information might be solicited found elsewhere, e.g.,
> internet-history@postel.org ;-)

Yes, but other than that, one should be able to know if the option was
ever deployed, whether it's obsolete, etc.

e.g., if I wanted to design a firewall policy, I might need that
information.

>> What'd be the procedure to have Alfred's registry replace the current
>> one? (i.e., have most/all of the information there make it into the
>> "official" IANA registry).
> 
> Ask IANA (iana@iana.org). I don't think this really requires any
> particular policy stuff - some of that info isn't there because it just
> wasn't known when the page was created.

Ok. I've just e-mailed them. Let's see what happens.

Thanks!

Kind regards,
-- 
Fernando Gont
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