The IESG has received a request from the Service Function Chaining WG (sfc) to consider the following document: - 'Network Service Header (NSH)' <draft-ietf-sfc-nsh-18.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2017-08-25. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document describes a Network Service Header (NSH) inserted onto packets or frames to realize service function paths. NSH also provides a mechanism for metadata exchange along the instantiated service paths. NSH is the SFC encapsulation required to support the Service Function Chaining (SFC) architecture (defined in RFC7665). The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sfc-nsh/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sfc-nsh/ballot/ The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2905/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2545/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2108/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2547/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2735/ The document contains these normative downward references. See RFC 3967 for additional information: rfc7665: Service Function Chaining (SFC) Architecture (Informational - IETF stream) draft-quinn-sfc-nsh: Network Service Header (None - )
