RFC 8919 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2020

IS-IS Application-Specific Link Attributes

Overview

RFC 8919, “IS-IS Application-Specific Link Attributes”, is a Proposed Standard document published in October 2020 by L. Ginsberg, P. Psenak, S. Previdi, W. Henderickx, J. Drake. It has been obsoleted by RFC 9479 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Existing traffic-engineering-related link attribute advertisements have been defined and are used in RSVP-TE deployments. Since the original RSVP-TE use case was defined, additional applications (e.g., Segment Routing Policy and Loop-Free Alternates) that also make use of the link attribute advertisements have been defined. In cases where multiple applications wish to make use of these link attributes, the current advertisements do not support application-specific values for a given attribute, nor do they support indication of which applications are using the advertised value for a given link. This document introduces new link attribute advertisements that address both of these shortcomings.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Obsoleted by
RFC 9479
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