IANA Allocation Procedures for the GMPLS OTN Signal Type Registry
updates
- rfc-7139 — GMPLS Signaling Extensions for Control of Evolving G.709 Optical Transport Networks
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The registration policy for the OTN Signal Type subregistry was expanded from Standards Action only to also include Specification Required, enabling registration by documents outside the Standards Track. This change facilitates broader use and registration of OTN signal types without requiring full IETF Standards Track progression.
IANA must apply 'Standards Action' registration policy for Standards Track documents and 'Specification Required' registration policy for other documents when processing registrations in the 'OTN Signal Type' subregistry.
The 'OTN Signal Type' subregistry of the 'Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Parameters' registry is updated to allow two registration policies: 'Standards Action' for Standards Track documents and 'Specification Required' for other documents. Previously, only Standards Action was permitted.
This document does not introduce any new security considerations to the existing GMPLS signaling protocols. Implementers should refer to RFC 7139 for security measures and RFC 5920 for an overview of security vulnerabilities and protection mechanisms for the GMPLS control plane.