RFC 2780: BCP 37: IANA Allocation Guidelines For Values In the Internet Protocol and Related Headers
Best Current Practice
- S. Bradner
- V. Paxson
- March 2000
- Legacy publication
Abstract
This memo provides guidance for the IANA to use in assigning parameters for fields in the IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, UDP and TCP protocol headers. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
RFC 5237: BCP 37: IANA Allocation Guidelines for the Protocol Field
Best Current Practice
- J. Arkko
- S. Bradner
- February 2008
- IETF publication
Abstract
This document revises the IANA guidelines for allocating new Protocol field values in IPv4 header. It modifies the rules specified in RFC 2780 by removing the Expert Review option. The change will also affect the allocation of Next Header field values in IPv6. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.