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An Acceptable Use Policy for New ICMP Types and Codes
RFC 7279 also known as BCP 189

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Date By Action
2023-12-12
(System) Imported membership of rfc7279 in bcp189 via sync to the rfc-index
2023-12-12
(System) No history of BCP189 is currently available in the datatracker before this point
2018-12-20
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'In this document we provide a basic description of ICMP's role in the IP stack and …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'In this document we provide a basic description of ICMP's role in the IP stack and some guidelines for future use.

This document is motivated by concerns about lack of clarity concerning when to add new Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) types and/or codes. These concerns have highlighted a need to describe policies for when adding new features to ICMP is desirable and when it is not.')
2015-10-14
(System) Notify list changed from rbonica@juniper.net, draft-shore-icmp-aup@ietf.org to (None)
2014-05-30
(System) RFC published