IPP Mail Archive: IPP> I-D ACTION:draft-iesg-iana-considerations-03.txt

IPP> I-D ACTION:draft-iesg-iana-considerations-03.txt

Carl-Uno Manros (cmanros@cp10.es.xerox.com)
Tue, 17 Mar 1998 13:11:37 PST

FYI,

Carl-Uno

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>To: IETF-Announce:; >Cc: iesg@ns.ietf.org >From: Internet-Drafts@ns.ietf.org >Reply-to: Internet-Drafts@ns.ietf.org >Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-iesg-iana-considerations-03.txt >Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 05:43:25 PST >Sender: cclark@cnri.reston.va.us > >A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. >This draft is a work item of the IETF Steering Group Working Group of the IETF. > > Title : Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs > Author(s) : H. Alvestrand, T. Narten > Filename : draft-iesg-iana-considerations-03.txt > Pages : 10 > Date : 13-Mar-98 > > Many protocols make use of identifiers consisting of constants and > other well-known values. Even after a protocol has been defined and > deployment has begun, new values may need to be assigned (e.g., for a > new option type in DHCP, or a new authentication algorithm). To > insure that such quantities have unique values, their assignment must > be administered by a central authority. In the Internet, that role is > provided by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). > > In order for the IANA to manage a given numbering space prudently, it > needs guidelines describing the conditions under which new values can > be assigned. If the IANA is expected to play a role in the management > of a numbering space, the IANA must be given clear and concise > instructions describing that role. This document discusses issues > that should be considered in formulating an identifier assignment > policy and provides guidelines to document authors on the specific > text that must be included in documents that place demands on the > IANA. > >Internet-Drafts are available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username >"anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in, >type "cd internet-drafts" and then > "get draft-iesg-iana-considerations-03.txt". >A URL for the Internet-Draft is: >ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-iesg-iana-considerations-03.txt > >Internet-Drafts directories are located at: > > Africa: ftp.is.co.za > > Europe: ftp.nordu.net > ftp.nis.garr.it > > Pacific Rim: munnari.oz.au > > US East Coast: ds.internic.net > > US West Coast: ftp.isi.edu > >Internet-Drafts are also available by mail. > >Send a message to: mailserv@ietf.org. In the body type: > "FILE /internet-drafts/draft-iesg-iana-considerations-03.txt". > >NOTE: The mail server at ietf.org can return the document in > MIME-encoded form by using the "mpack" utility. To use this > feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE" > command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or > a MIME-compliant mail reader. Different MIME-compliant mail readers > exhibit different behavior, especially when dealing with > "multipart" MIME messages (i.e. documents which have been split > up into multiple messages), so check your local documentation on > how to manipulate these messages. > > >Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader >implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of the >Internet-Draft. > ><ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-iesg-iana-considerations-03.txt> > Carl-Uno Manros Principal Engineer - Advanced Printing Standards - Xerox Corporation 701 S. Aviation Blvd., El Segundo, CA, M/S: ESAE-231 Phone +1-310-333 8273, Fax +1-310-333 5514 Email: manros@cp10.es.xerox.com