Deprecation of BGP Path Attributes DPA, ADVERTISER and RCID_PATH / CLUSTER_ID
draft-ietf-idr-deprecate-dpa-etal-00

Abstract

This document requests IANA to deprecate the BGP path attributes DPA, ADVERTISER, and RCID_PATH / CLUSTER_ID, associated with an abandoned Internet Draft and a Historic RFC, respectively.

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1. Introduction

As of this writing the BGP Path Attributes registry maintained by IANA contains entries for DPA, ADVERTISER, and RCID_PATH / CLUSTER_ID. The first of these is associated with [draft-ietf-idr-bgp-dpa-05], an Internet Draft that was abandoned in 1996. The latter are associated with [RFC1863], an RFC that was reclassified as Historic by [RFC4223] in 2005. Neither of these specifications is in use now, nor ever was.

Note that the deprecated CLUSTER_ID is distinct from CLUSTER_LIST [RFC4456]. CLUSTER_LIST is not being deprecated.

2. IANA Considerations

This document requests IANA to mark the BGP Path Attributes registry entries for DPA (Value 11), ADVERTISER (Value 12), and RCID_PATH / CLUSTER_ID (Value 13) as "Deprecated".

3. Security Considerations

There are no meaningful security consequences arising from this registry update.

4. Informative References

Author's Address

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. IANA Considerations
• 3. Security Considerations
• 4. Informative References
• Author's Address