RFC 5706 · INFORMATIONAL · 2009

Guidelines for Considering Operations and Management of New Protocols and Protocol Extensions

Overview

RFC 5706, “Guidelines for Considering Operations and Management of New Protocols and Protocol Extensions”, is an Informational document published in November 2009 by D. Harrington. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

New protocols or protocol extensions are best designed with due consideration of the functionality needed to operate and manage the protocols. Retrofitting operations and management is sub-optimal. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to authors and reviewers of documents that define new protocols or protocol extensions regarding aspects of operations and management that should be considered. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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