Dear all, Are there any open source reference implementations available for this utility? Kind regards, Job On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 05:34:23PM -0800, rfc-editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. > > > RFC 8335 > > Title: PROBE: A Utility for Probing > Interfaces > Author: R. Bonica, > R. Thomas, > J. Linkova, > C. Lenart, > M. Boucadair > Status: Standards Track > Stream: IETF > Date: February 2018 > Mailbox: rbonica@xxxxxxxxxxx, > rejithomas@xxxxxxxxxxx, > furry@xxxxxxxxxx, > chris.lenart@xxxxxxxxxxx, > mohamed.boucadair@xxxxxxxxxx > Pages: 19 > Characters: 35084 > Updates: RFC 4884 > > I-D Tag: draft-ietf-intarea-probe-10.txt > > URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8335 > > DOI: 10.17487/RFC8335 > > This document describes a network diagnostic tool called PROBE. > PROBE is similar to PING in that it can be used to query the status > of a probed interface, but it differs from PING in that it does not > require bidirectional connectivity between the probing and probed > interfaces. Instead, 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. > > This document is a product of the Internet Area Working Group Working Group of the IETF. > > This is now a Proposed Standard. > > STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track > protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions > for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Official > Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the > standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this > memo is unlimited. > > This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. > To subscribe or unsubscribe, see > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce > https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist > > For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search > For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk > > Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the > author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Unless > specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for > unlimited distribution. > > > The RFC Editor Team > Association Management Solutions, LLC > >
