Network Working Group J. Arkko Internet-Draft Ericsson Updates: 2460 (if approved) S. Bradner Intended status: Standards Track Harvard University Expires: April 15, 2010 October 12, 2009 IANA Allocation Guidelines for the IPv6 Routing Header draft-ietf-6man-iana-routing-header-00 Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted to IETF in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on April 15, 2010. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2009 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 in effect on the date of publication of this document (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Abstract This document specifies the IANA guidelines for allocating new values for the Routing Type field in the IPv6 Routing Header. Arkko & Bradner Expires April 15, 2010 [Page 1] Internet-Draft IPv6 RH IANA Rules October 2009 1. Introduction This document specifies the IANA guidelines [RFC5226] for allocating new values for the Routing Type field in the IPv6 Routing Header [RFC2460]. Previously, no IANA guidance existed for such allocations. 2. IANA Considerations New Routing Type values are allocated through IETF Review or IESG Approval [RFC5226]. Note that two experimental values (253 and 254) are already available for use [RFC4727]. 3. Security Considerations This specification does not change the security properties of the Routing Header. However, past experience shows that it is easy to design routing headers that have significant problems [RFC5095]. 4. References 4.1. Normative References [RFC2460] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, December 1998. [RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226, May 2008. 4.2. Informative References [RFC4727] Fenner, B., "Experimental Values In IPv4, IPv6, ICMPv4, ICMPv6, UDP, and TCP Headers", RFC 4727, November 2006. [RFC5095] Abley, J., Savola, P., and G. Neville-Neil, "Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6", RFC 5095, December 2007. Appendix A. Changes from RFC 2460 This document specifies only the IANA rules associated with the Arkko & Bradner Expires April 15, 2010 [Page 2] Internet-Draft IPv6 RH IANA Rules October 2009 Routing Type field. Authors' Addresses Jari Arkko Ericsson Jorvas 02420 Finland Email: jari.arkko@piuha.net Scott Bradner Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 US Phone: +1 617 495 3864 Email: sob@harvard.edu Arkko & Bradner Expires April 15, 2010 [Page 3]