RFC 5237 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2008

IANA Allocation Guidelines for the Protocol Field

Overview

RFC 5237, “IANA Allocation Guidelines for the Protocol Field”, is a Best Current Practice document published in February 2008 by J. Arkko, S. Bradner. It updates RFC 2780. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document revises the IANA guidelines for allocating new Protocol field values in IPv4 header. It modifies the rules specified in RFC 2780 by removing the Expert Review option. The change will also affect the allocation of Next Header field values in IPv6. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

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What “Best Current Practice” means

Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.

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This RFC updates
RFC 2780
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