--- 1/draft-ietf-6man-ndpioiana-02.txt 2018-04-30 08:15:27.072860415 -0700 +++ 2/draft-ietf-6man-ndpioiana-03.txt 2018-04-30 08:15:27.088860793 -0700 @@ -1,76 +1,76 @@ -Network Working Group O. Troean +Network Working Group O. Troan Internet-Draft Cisco Systems -Updates: 4861 (if approved) January 10, 2018 +Updates: 4861 (if approved) April 29, 2018 Intended status: Standards Track -Expires: July 14, 2018 +Expires: October 31, 2018 - IPv6 ND PIO Flags IANA considerations - draft-ietf-6man-ndpioiana-02 + IANA Considerations for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Prefix Information + Option Flags + draft-ietf-6man-ndpioiana-03 Abstract The Prefix Information Option in the IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Router - Advertisement defines an 8-bit flag field with two flags defined and - the remaining 6 bits reserved (Reserved1). RFC 6275 has defined a - new flag from this field without creating a IANA registry or updating - RFC 4861. The purpose of this document is to request that IANA to - create a new registry for the PIO flags to avoid potential conflict - in the use of these flags. This document updates RFC 4861. + Advertisement message defines an 8-bit flag field with two flags + defined and the remaining 6 bits reserved (Reserved1). RFC 6275 has + defined a new flag from this field without creating a IANA registry + or updating RFC 4861. The purpose of this document is to request a + new IANA registry for the PIO flags. This document updates RFC 4861. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. 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Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. 1. Introduction - The Prefix Information Option in the IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Router - Advertisement defines an 8-bit flag field with two flags defined and - the remaining 6 bits reserved (Reserved1). RFC 6275 has defined a - new flag from this field without creating a IANA registry or updating - RFC 4861. The purpose of this document is to request that IANA to - create a new registry for the PIO flags to avoid potential conflict - in the use of these flags. + The Prefix Information Option (PIO) in the IPv6 Neighbor Discovery + Router Advertisement defines an 8-bit flag field with two flags + defined and the remaining 6 bits reserved (Reserved1). RFC 6275 has + defined a new flag from this field without creating a IANA registry + or updating RFC 4861. The purpose of this document is to to create a + new registry for the PIO flags. 2. Current Prefix Information Option flags - Currently, the NDP Prefix Information Option contains the following - one-bit flags defined in published RFCs: + Currently, the Neighbor Discovery Protocol Prefix Information Option + [RFC4861] contains the following one-bit flags defined in published + RFCs: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |L|A|R|Reserved1| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Figure 1 L - On-link Flag [RFC4861] @@ -79,63 +79,60 @@ R - Router Address Agent Flag [RFC6275] Reserved1 - Reserved 3. Updates to RFC4861 This document updates Section 4.6.2 "Prefix Information" of [RFC4861] to point to the new IANA registry that is created in this document. Specifically: The current list of flags in the Prefix Information - Option can be found in [IANA-TBD]. + Option can be found in IANA-TBD. 4. IANA Considerations - The IANA is requested to create a new registry for IPv6 ND Prefix - Information Option flags. This should include the current flags in - the PIO option. The format for the registry is: + The IANA is requested to create a new registry for IPv6 Neighbor + Discovery Prefix Information Option flags. This should include the + current flags in the PIO option. The format for the registry is: +---------------+---------------------------------+-----------+ | RA Option Bit | Description | Reference | +---------------+---------------------------------+-----------+ | 0 | L - On-link Flag | [RFC4861] | | 1 | A - Autonomous Address | [RFC4861] | | | Configuration Flag | | | 2 | R - Router Address Flag | [RFC6275] | + | 3-7 | Reserved | | +---------------+---------------------------------+-----------+ Figure 2 The assignment of new flags in the PIO option header require - standards action. + Standards Action. The registry for these flags should be added to: http://www.iana.org/assignments/icmpv6-parameters 5. Security Considerations This document has no security considerations. -6. References - -6.1. Normative References +6. Normative References [RFC4861] Narten, T., Nordmark, E., Simpson, W., and H. Soliman, "Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)", RFC 4861, DOI 10.17487/RFC4861, September 2007, . -6.2. Informative References - [RFC6275] Perkins, C., Ed., Johnson, D., and J. Arkko, "Mobility Support in IPv6", RFC 6275, DOI 10.17487/RFC6275, July 2011, . Author's Address - Ole Troean + Ole Troan Cisco Systems Philip Pedersens vei 1 Lysaker 1366 Norway Email: ot@cisco.com