A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7880 Title: Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) Author: C. Pignataro, D. Ward, N. Akiya, M. Bhatia, S. Pallagatti Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: July 2016 Mailbox: cpignata@cisco.com, wardd@cisco.com, nobo.akiya.dev@gmail.com, manav@ionosnetworks.com, santosh.pallagatti@gmail.com Pages: 24 Characters: 45987 Updates: RFC 5880 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-bfd-seamless-base-11.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7880 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7880 This document defines Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD), a simplified mechanism for using BFD with a large proportion of negotiation aspects eliminated, thus providing benefits such as quick provisioning, as well as improved control and flexibility for network nodes initiating path monitoring. This document updates RFC 5880. This document is a product of the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC