The IESG has approved the following document: - 'BFD for Multihop Paths ' <draft-ietf-bfd-multihop-07.txt> as a Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Ross Callon and David Ward. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bfd-multihop-07.txt Technical Summary BFD can be useful on arbitrary paths between systems, which may span multiple network hops and follow unpredictable paths. Furthermore, a pair of systems may have multiple paths between them that may overlap. This document describes the use of the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection protocol (BFD) over multihop paths, including unidirectional links. Working Group Summary Working group progress has been reported as being quite smooth. Document Quality BFD as a whole is widely implemented and deployed and has become part of default deployments on the internet. The drafts reflect the lessons learned from the deployed and operation. Multiple vendors have implemented and deployed BFD in operational networks. However, I am not sure about use of BFD over multihop paths (it makes sense to deploy BFD over single links and MPLS LSPs first). There are a few minor nits to be corrected based on Gen-Art and Last Call comments. The authors would like to correct these along with any IESG comments received. Personnel Dave Ward is the document shepherd. Ross Callon is the responsible Area Director. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
