Obsoleting the Endpoint Identifier (EID) Option
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draft-gont-intarea-obsolete-eid-option-01 
Network Working Group                                            F. Gont
Internet-Draft                                    UTN-FRH / SI6 Networks
Intended status: Standards Track                         October 4, 2012
Expires: April 7, 2013

            Obsoleting the Endpoint Identifier (EID) Option
               draft-gont-intarea-obsolete-eid-option-01

Abstract

   This document formally deprecates the IPv6 Endpoint Identification
   (EID) option (hex value 0x8a), thus cleaning up the corresponding
   IANA registry, and possibly serving as a basis for providing advice
   about the filtering of packets containing this option.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   3.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   4.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   5.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     5.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     5.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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1.  Introduction

   The Endpoint Identification option (hex value 0x8a) [EID-OPTION] was
   meant to be used with the Nimrod routing architecture [NIMROD-DOC],
   but has never seen widespread deployment.  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.

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2.  Security Considerations

   This document does not modify the security properties of the IPv6
   option being deprecated.  However, formally deprecating this option
   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).

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3.  IANA Considerations

   The "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop Options" registry
   [IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS] contains the list of the currently assigned
   IPv6 option numbers.  This document formally deprecates the Endpoint
   Identification option, and requests IANA to mark it as such 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.]

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4.  Acknowledgements

   The author would like to thank Ron Bonica for his guidance.

   Fernando Gont would like to thank CPNI (http://www.cpni.gov.uk) for
   their continued support.

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5.  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

   [I-D.ietf-opsec-ip-options-filtering]
              Gont, F., Atkinson, R., and C. Pignataro, "Recommendations
              on filtering of IPv4 packets containing IPv4 options",
              draft-ietf-opsec-ip-options-filtering-00 (work in
              progress), June 2012.

   [EID-OPTION]
              LynnRoy, C., "Endpoint Identifier Destination Option",
              Work in Progress, November 1995.

   [NIMROD-DOC]
              Nimrod Documentation Page,
              "http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nimrod/".

   [IANA-IPV6-PARAMETERS]
              Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Parameters,
              "http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-parameters".

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Author's Address

   Fernando Gont
   UTN-FRH / SI6 Networks
   Evaristo Carriego 2644
   Haedo, Provincia de Buenos Aires  1706
   Argentina

   Phone: +54 11 4650 8472
   Email: fgont@si6networks.com
   URI:   http://www.si6networks.com

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