< draft-gont-intarea-obsolete-eid-option-01.txt		draft-gont-intarea-obsolete-eid-option-02.txt >
	Network Working Group F. Gont		Network Working Group F. Gont
	Internet-Draft UTN-FRH / SI6 Networks		Internet-Draft UTN-FRH / SI6 Networks
	Intended status: Standards Track October 4, 2012		Intended status: Standards Track November 14, 2012
	Expires: April 7, 2013		Expires: May 18, 2013
	Obsoleting the Endpoint Identifier (EID) Option		Obsoleting the IPv6 Endpoint Identifier (EID) Option
	draft-gont-intarea-obsolete-eid-option-01		draft-gont-intarea-obsolete-eid-option-02
	Abstract		Abstract
	This document formally deprecates the IPv6 Endpoint Identification		This document formally deprecates the IPv6 Endpoint Identification
	(EID) option (hex value 0x8a), thus cleaning up the corresponding		(EID) option (hex value 0x8a), thus cleaning up the corresponding
	IANA registry, and possibly serving as a basis for providing advice		IANA registry.
	about the filtering of packets containing this option.
	Status of this Memo		Status of this Memo
	This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the		This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the
	provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79.		provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79.
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	Copyright Notice		Copyright Notice
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	2. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4		2. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
	3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5		3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
	4. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6		4. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
	5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7		5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
	5.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7		5.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
	5.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7		5.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
	Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8		Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
	1. Introduction		1. Introduction
	The Endpoint Identification option (hex value 0x8a) [EID-OPTION] was		The Endpoint Identification option (hex value 0x8a)
	meant to be used with the Nimrod routing architecture [NIMROD-DOC],		[draft-ietf-nimrod-eid] was meant to convey topologically-independent
	but has never seen widespread deployment. Therefore, this document		endpoint identification information between source and destination
	instructs IANA to change the "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop		endpoints, and was used with the Nimrod routing architecture
	Options" registry [IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS] accordingly (marking option		[NIMROD-DOC] to convey Nimrod EIDs. This option has never seen
	0x8a as "Obsolete"), thus cleaning up the corresponding registry.		widespread deployment, and therefore this document instructs IANA to
			change the "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop Options" registry
			[IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS] accordingly (marking option 0x8a as
			"Obsolete"), thus cleaning up the corresponding registry.
	2. Security Considerations		2. Security Considerations
	This document does not modify the security properties of the IPv6		This document does not modify the security properties of the IPv6
	option being deprecated. However, formally deprecating this option		option being deprecated.
	may serve as a basis for e.g. providing advice about filtering
	packets containing such option (in a similar way to
	[I-D.ietf-opsec-ip-options-filtering] for the IPv4 case).
	3. IANA Considerations		3. IANA Considerations
	The "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop Options" registry		The "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop Options" registry
	[IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS] contains the list of the currently assigned		[IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS] contains the list of the currently assigned
	IPv6 option numbers. This document formally deprecates the Endpoint		IPv6 option numbers. This document formally deprecates the Endpoint
	Identification option, and requests IANA to mark it as such in the		Identification option, and requests IANA to mark it as such and
	corresponding registry [IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS].		provide a reference to this document in the corresponding registry
			[IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS].
	Hex Value Binary Value Description Reference
	act chg rest
	0x8A 10 0 01010 Endpoint Identification [[CHARLES LYNN]]*
	[Note, an asterisk (*) denotes an obsoleted IP Option Number.]		Hex Value Binary Value Description Reference
			act chg rest
			0x8A 10 0 01010 Endpoint Identification [[CHARLES LYNN]] [draft-gont-intarea-obsolete-eid-option]*
			[Note, an asterisk (*) denotes an obsoleted IP Option Number.]
	4. Acknowledgements		4. Acknowledgements
	The author would like to thank Ron Bonica for his guidance.		The author would like to thank Noel Chiappa, Wesley Eddy, and Pearl
			Liang, for providing valuable comments on earlier versions of this
			document.
	Fernando Gont would like to thank CPNI (http://www.cpni.gov.uk) for		The author would like to thank Ron Bonica for his guidance.
	their continued support.
	5. References		5. References
	5.1. Normative References		5.1. Normative References
	[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
	Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
	5.2. Informative References		5.2. Informative References
	[I-D.ietf-opsec-ip-options-filtering]		[draft-ietf-nimrod-eid]
	Gont, F., Atkinson, R., and C. Pignataro, "Recommendations		Lynn, C., "Endpoint Identifier Destination Option", IETF
	on filtering of IPv4 packets containing IPv4 options",		Internet Draft, draft-ietf-nimrod-eid-00.txt,
	draft-ietf-opsec-ip-options-filtering-00 (work in		November 1995.
	progress), June 2012.
	[EID-OPTION]
	LynnRoy, C., "Endpoint Identifier Destination Option",
	Work in Progress, November 1995.
	[NIMROD-DOC]		[NIMROD-DOC]
	Nimrod Documentation Page,		Nimrod Documentation Page,
	"http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nimrod/".		"http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nimrod/".
	[IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS]		[IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS]
	Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Parameters,		Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Parameters,
	"http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-parameters".		"http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-parameters".
	Author's Address		Author's Address
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