Dear all, We have posted the draft below to seed a wider RTG WG discussion on routing evolution, based on various ongoing interactions and discussions within the IETF and IRTF on this topic.
This draft recognizes the ongoing evolution of Internet routing based on the many extensions to the original reachability-focused purpose of IP routing, identifies issues with the approach of developing those extensions, and proposes a way forward in direct relation to the RTG WG charter. We are seeking feedback and comments from the WG on the topic of routing evolution, particularly on the suggested actions as well as issues identified in the draft. Best, Dirk (on behalf of the authors) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 08 February 2022 14:10 To: Zhe Lou <[email protected]>; Dirk Trossen <[email protected]>; Sheng Jiang <[email protected]>; Zhe Lou <[email protected]> Subject: New Version Notification for draft-trossen-rtgwg-routing-beyond-reachability-00.txt A new version of I-D, draft-trossen-rtgwg-routing-beyond-reachability-00.txt has been successfully submitted by Dirk Trossen and posted to the IETF repository. Name: draft-trossen-rtgwg-routing-beyond-reachability Revision: 00 Title: Continuing to Evolve Internet Routing Beyond 'Mere' Reachability Document date: 2022-02-08 Group: Individual Submission Pages: 25 URL: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-trossen-rtgwg-routing-beyond-reachability-00.txt Status: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-trossen-rtgwg-routing-beyond-reachability/ Htmlized: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-trossen-rtgwg-routing-beyond-reachability Abstract: This document discusses the evolution of the Internet routing system beyond mere reachability. We observe, through examples of past development, that such evolution has been taking place to improve on capabilities of the Internet, deal with more complicated network deployments and cater to changing requirements by end users as well as novel and emerging applications. For achieving a routing system that serves more than a singular reachability purpose, more information is taken into account when performing the purpose-specific functions. Such extra information can be obtained by extending current routing protocols to exchange more information or by carrying that information within packets. This document is intended to seed discussions of how the observed evolution of the Internet's routing system can continue, what issues may occur when simply continuing the current approach for achieving routing beyond 'mere' reachability and what may be needed to address those issues. Ultimately, however, this document recognizes the positive impact that moving beyond reachability has brought to the Internet and will continue to do so. The IETF Secretariat _______________________________________________ rtgwg mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/rtgwg
