Re: [tcpm] IANA TCP options registry

[Fernando Gont <[e-mail]>]

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.,
> [e-mail] ;-)

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 ([e-mail]). 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,
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