New draft - Router Affiliation Protocol for IPv6-over-(foo)-over-IPv4

["Fred L. Templin" <ftemplin@IPRG.nokia.com>]

Hello,

I have sent the above-named personal draft to the IETF repository.
It is available for immediate perusal at:

  http://www.geocities.com/osprey67/router_affiliation-00.txt

The document has both operational and technical implications,
thus I am posting to both lists. Abstract follows; please send
comments.

Fred
ftemplin@iprg.nokia.com

Abstract

   This document proposes a router affiliation protocol for IPv6-
   over-(foo)-over-IPv4 links, where (foo) is either an encapsulating
   layer (e.g., UDP) or a NULL layer. It is essentially a lightweight,
   link-layer mechanism for nodes and routers to establish security
   associations, discover and dynamically re-adjust maximum transmission
   units, and detect router failures. The protocol makes no attempt to
   ensure reliable message delivery; this function is performed by
   higher-layer protocols, e.g. TCP.