Network Working Group Schryver Internet Draft Rhyolite Software May 2003 IANA Considerations for PPP draft-schryver-pppext-iana-00.txt Status of this Memo This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on November 15, 2003. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved. Abstract The charter of the Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions (pppext) working group includes the responsibility to "actively advance PPP's most useful extensions to full standard, while defending against further enhancements of questionable value." In support of that charter, the allocation of PPP protocol and other assigned numbers will no longer be "first come first served." Introduction The Point-to-Point protocol (PPP, RFC 1661 [1]) is a mature protocol with a large number of subprotocols, encapsulations and other extensions. The main protocol as well as its extensions involve many name spaces in which values must be assigned. Http://www.iana.org/assignments/ppp-numbers contains a list of the address spaces and their current assignments. Historically, initial values in new name spaces have often been chosen in the RFCs creating the name spaces. The IANA made subsequent assignments with a "First Come First Served" policy. This memo changes that policy for some PPP address spaces. Most of the PPP names spaces are quiescent, but some continue to attract proposed extensions. Extensions of PPP have been defined in RFCs that are "Informational" and so are not subject to review. These extensions usually require values assigned in one or more of the PPP name spaces. Making these allocations require "IETF Consensus" will ensure that proposals are reviewed. Terminology The terms "name space", "assigned value", and "registration" are used here with the meanings defined in BCP 26 [2]. The policies "First Come First Served" and "IETF Consensus" used here also have the meanings defined in BCP 26. IANA Considerations for PPP IETF Consensus, usually through the Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions (pppext) working group, is required for assigning new values in the following address spaces: DLL PROTOCOL NUMBERS LCP AND IPCP CODES LCP CONFIGURATION OPTION TYPES CCP CONFIGURATION OPTION TYPES AUTHENTICATION ALGORITHMS LCP FCS-ALTERNATIVES MULTILINK ENDPOINT DISCRIMINATOR CLASS LCP CALLBACK OPERATION FIELDS BRIDGING CONFIGURATION OPTION TYPES BRIDGING MAC TYPES BRIDGING SPANNING TREE IPCP CONFIGURATION OPTION TYPES IPV6CP CONFIGURATION OPTIONS IP-Compression-Protocol Types 4. Security Considerations This memo deals with matters of process, not protocol. Normative References W. Simpson, Ed., "The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)", STD 51, RFC 1661, July 1994. Alvestrand, H. and T. Narten, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 2434, October 1998. 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