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Re: New Version Notification for draft-leiba-cotton-iana-5226bis-00.txt

2012-08-01 02:27:35
We're working on a new edition of BCP 26, "Guidelines for Writing an
IANA Considerations Section in RFCs".  Comments, please.  You can see
Section 12.1 for a summary of significant changes.

Barry (with Michelle and Thomas)


On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:23 AM,  <internet-drafts(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org> wrote:

A new version of I-D, draft-leiba-cotton-iana-5226bis-00.txt
has been successfully submitted by Barry Leiba and posted to the
IETF repository.

Filename:        draft-leiba-cotton-iana-5226bis
Revision:        00
Title:           Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Creation date:   2012-08-01
WG ID:           Individual Submission
Number of pages: 36
URL:             
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-leiba-cotton-iana-5226bis-00.txt
Status:          
http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-leiba-cotton-iana-5226bis
Htmlized:        http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-leiba-cotton-iana-5226bis-00


Abstract:
   Many protocols make use of identifiers consisting of constants and
   other well-known values.  Even after a protocol has been defined and
   deployment has begun, new values may need to be assigned (such as for
   a new option type in DHCP, or a new encryption or authentication
   transform for IPsec).  To ensure that such quantities have consistent
   values and interpretations across all implementations, their
   assignment must be administered by a central authority.  For IETF
   protocols, that role is provided by the Internet Assigned Numbers
   Authority (IANA).

   In order for IANA to manage a given namespace prudently, it needs
   guidelines describing the conditions under which new values can be
   assigned or when modifications to existing values can be made.  If
   IANA is expected to play a role in the management of a namespace,
   IANA must be given clear and concise instructions describing that
   role.  This document discusses issues that should be considered in
   formulating a policy for assigning values to a namespace and provides
   guidelines for authors on the specific text that must be included in
   documents that place demands on IANA.

   This document obsoletes RFC 5226.

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