The IESG has received a request from the Internet Area Working Group WG (intarea) to consider the following document: - 'PROBE: A Utility For Probing Interfaces' <draft-ietf-intarea-probe-07.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 2017-12-13. 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 diagnostic tool called PROBE. PROBE is similar to PING, in that it can be used to test the status of a probed interface. It differs from PING in that it does not require bidirectional connectivity between the probing and probed interfaces. Alternatively, PROBE requires bidirectional connectivity between the probing interface and a proxy interface. The proxy interface can reside on the same node as the probed interface or it can reside on a node to which the probed interface is directly connected. This document updates RFC 4884. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-intarea-probe/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-intarea-probe/ballot/ The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2813/
