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

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

FYI,

An update to this document will be submitted ahead of the draft deadline.

Fred Templin
ftemplin@iprg.nokia.com

Fred L. Templin wrote:
> 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.