The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping/Traceroute Reply Mode Simplification' (draft-ietf-mpls-lsp-ping-reply-mode-simple-05.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Multiprotocol Label Switching Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Alvaro Retana, Alia Atlas and Deborah Brungard. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-lsp-ping-reply-mode-simple/ Technical Summary The Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping and Traceroute use the Reply Mode field to signal the method to be used in the MPLS echo reply. This document updates the "Reply via Specified Path (5)" Reply Mode value to easily indicate the reverse LSP. This document also adds an optional TLV which can carry ordered list of Reply Mode values. Working Group Summary No controversy. The document has significant support. Document Quality RFC 7110 (which this document updates) is broadly implemented and widely deployed. Multiple vendors have indicated the intention to implement this enhancement. Experts from vendors and network operators have carefully reviewed the document. The document has been updated in response to last call (and other) comments. Personnel Who is the Document Shepherd for this document? Ross Callon Who is the Responsible Area Director? Deborah Brungard
