IPv4 Options for the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP)
RFC 6746
Document | Type | RFC - Experimental (November 2012; No errata) | |
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Authors | R. Atkinson , Bhatti Sn | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
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Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) RJ Atkinson Request for Comments: 6746 Consultant Category: Experimental SN Bhatti ISSN: 2070-1721 U. St Andrews November 2012 IPv4 Options for the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) Abstract This document defines two new IPv4 Options that are used only with the Identifier-Locator Network Protocol for IPv4 (ILNPv4). ILNP is an experimental, evolutionary enhancement to IP. This document is a product of the IRTF Routing Research Group. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for examination, experimental implementation, and evaluation. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. This document is a product of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). The IRTF publishes the results of Internet-related research and development activities. These results might not be suitable for deployment. This RFC represents the individual opinion(s) of one or more members of the Routing Research Group of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). Documents approved for publication by the IRSG are not a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6746. Atkinson & Bhatti Experimental [Page 1] RFC 6746 ILNPv4 Opts November 2012 Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2012 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. This document may not be modified, and derivative works of it may not be created, except to format it for publication as an RFC or to translate it into languages other than English. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................2 1.1. Document Roadmap ...........................................3 1.2. Terminology ................................................4 2. IPv4 Options for ILNPv4 .........................................4 2.1. ILNPv4 Packet Format .......................................5 2.2. ILNP Identifier Option for IPv4 ............................7 2.3. ILNP Nonce Option for IPv4 .................................8 3. Security Considerations .........................................8 4. IANA Considerations .............................................9 5. References ......................................................9 5.1. Normative References .......................................9 5.2. Informative References ....................................10 6. Acknowledgements ...............................................11 1. Introduction This document is part of the ILNP document set, and it has had extensive review within the IRTF Routing RG. ILNP is one of the recommendations made by the RG Chairs. Separately, various refereed research papers on ILNP have also been published during this decade. So, the ideas contained herein have had much broader review than the IRTF Routing RG. The views in this document were considered controversial by the Routing RG, but the RG reached a consensus that the document still should be published. The Routing RG has had remarkably little consensus on anything, so virtually all Routing RG outputs are considered controversial. At present, the Internet research and development community is exploring various approaches to evolving the Internet Architecture to solve a variety of issues including, but not limited to, scalability Atkinson & Bhatti Experimental [Page 2] RFC 6746 ILNPv4 Opts November 2012 of inter-domain routing [RFC4984]. A wide range of other issues (e.g., site multihoming, node multihoming, site/subnet mobility, node mobility) are also active concerns at present. Several different classes of evolution are being considered by the Internet research and development community. One class is often called "Map and Encapsulate", where traffic would be mapped and then tunnelled through the inter-domain core of the Internet. Another class beingShow full document text