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Re: [pcap-ng-format] comments/edits on pcapng
From: Denis Ovsienko <denis () ovsienko info>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:39:47 +0000
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So it sounds as if we can assign a number before the RFC is issued for a new block type/link type/option code/etc., and update the registry when an I-D is issued or updated or an RFC is issued.But, it can also just be a link to http://www.company.com/technote/foo.html, or it can, as it says now, say, "Used by Company XYZ for Proprietary FOO"So presumably somebody who wants a link type would go to http://www.iana.org/form/protocol-assignment and request one. So does a Designated Expert for a registry get to edit whatever underlying file or database is used to generate pages for the registry in question? I.e., what would the Designated Expert do when adding a new block type/link type/option/etc.? Is there a repository to which they're granted access and to which they do a commit/push/whatever with the update? Is it a database for which there's some Web interface to publish updates? Or does the Designated Expert send a request to somebody at the IANA, who updates the file/database/whatever? I assume the actual underlying mechanism that implements the Protocol Assignment registry pages is documented *somewhere*.
"RFC Required" is just one possible policy and it is not expected to be the best policy for every case. RFC 5226 provides a good explanation of all the options (and is well worth its 20 pages of text overall), in its terms the practice currently established on tcpdump-workers@ is between "Expert Review" and "Specification Required" (the time available for review and requestor's motivation seeming to make the difference). Maybe it would make sense to declare "Expert Review" with a condition that requests without a specification are lowest priority? -- Denis Ovsienko _______________________________________________ tcpdump-workers mailing list tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org https://lists.sandelman.ca/mailman/listinfo/tcpdump-workers
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