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Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
draft-baber-ianabis-rfc8126bis-02

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (ianabis WG)
Expired & archived
Authors Amanda Baber , Sabrina Tanamal
Last updated 2025-10-06
Replaces draft-iana-ianabis-rfc8126bis
Replaced by draft-ietf-ianabis-rfc8126bis
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Intended RFC status Best Current Practice
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Additional resources Mailing list discussion
Stream WG state Adopted by a WG
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IESG IESG state Replaced by draft-ietf-ianabis-rfc8126bis
Consensus boilerplate Yes
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Abstract

Many protocols make use of points of extensibility that use constants to identify various protocol parameters. To ensure that the values in these fields do not have conflicting uses and to promote interoperability, their allocations are often coordinated by a central record keeper. For IETF protocols, that role is filled by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). To make assignments in a given registry prudently, guidance describing the conditions under which new values should be assigned, as well as when and how modifications to existing values can be made, is needed. This document defines a framework for the documentation of these guidelines by specification authors, in order to assure that the provided guidance for the IANA Considerations is clear and addresses the various issues that are likely in the operation of a registry. This is the fourth edition of this document; it obsoletes RFC 8126.

Authors

Amanda Baber
Sabrina Tanamal

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