As far as I know, what you're looking for doesn't exist, although it would probably be good if it did! One thing that does crop up here and there are "hitchhiker's guide" RFCs, such as this one: <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5411> Beyond that, the best way I know of to look for IETF recommendations on a subject is using the search feature on the tools pages: <http://tools.ietf.org/html/> On Feb 28, 2011, at 5:35 AM, Shane Kerr wrote: > Bob, > > Are recommendations actually published as BCP? > > I only see one BCP with "IPv6" in the title, published back in 2004. > Compared to this, the ipv6ops working group alone has produced dozens of > informational RFCs: > > https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/v6ops/ > > At least one of these are even explicitly recommendations: > > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc4890/ > > Some are targeted at protocol developers, some at vendors, some at > operators. It's quite a mixed bag. :) > > I'm not complaining, I just want to know if I am missing an obvious > place. > > -- > Shane > > On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 12:10 +0200, Bob Hinden wrote: >> Shane, >> >> Like this one, aren't recommendations usually published as BCPs? >> >> Bob >> >> >> On Feb 28, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Shane Kerr wrote: >> >>> All, >>> >>> I just happened to notice this document on ietf-announce today: >>> >>> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-intarea-server-logging-recommendations/ >>> >>> It seems quite reasonable. >>> >>> My question is... how is this advice expected to trickle out into actual >>> use? There are more than 6000 RFCs, and they don't seem to be organized >>> in a useful way that I can find. >>> >>> I ask because I was going to forward this to an IPv6 operations list, >>> and thought "hm... what about the rest?" and I realized I did not know, >>> and did not even know how to find out. >>> >>> Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> Shane >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ietf mailing list >>> Ietf@xxxxxxxx >>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf