RFC 5943: A Dedicated Routing Policy Specification Language Interface Identifier for Operational Testing
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
The deployment of new IP connectivity typically results in intermittent reachability for numerous reasons that are outside the scope of this document. In order to aid in the debugging of these persistent problems, this document proposes the creation of a new Routing Policy Specification Language attribute that allows a network to advertise an IP address that is reachable and can be used as a target for diagnostic tests (e.g., pings). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC5943
- Published
- August 2010
- Authors
- B. Haberman
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 4
- Also known as
- —
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