Subject: Protocol Action: 'Improving the Reaction of Customer Edge Routers to IPv6 Renumbering Events' to Best Current Practice (draft-ietf-v6ops-cpe-slaac-renum-08.txt)

From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:26:06 -0700

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Improving the Reaction of Customer Edge Routers to IPv6 Renumbering
   Events'
  (draft-ietf-v6ops-cpe-slaac-renum-08.txt) as Best Current Practice

This document is the product of the IPv6 Operations Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Warren Kumari and Robert Wilton.

A URL of this Internet Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-v6ops-cpe-slaac-renum/

Technical Summary

   This document sets forth recommendations intended to improve CPE default behavior on IPv6 networks.
Specifically, it aims to clarify certain timer interactions on dynamic prefixes and improve behavior
in scenarios where network configuration information becomes invalid without explicit signaling
of that condition.

Working Group Summary

   The document so far has been approved by the V6OPS working group (successful working group
last call). The document does not specify new protocol, but rather changes to the default parameters
in existing protocols. 

Document Quality

   The document is clear, outlines a real problem and provides clear advice.
Through the three revisions, the document has received substantial comments from the working
group and significantly improved with each revision as a result.

Personnel

   Owen DeLong is the Document Shepherd
   Fred Baker and Ron Bonica are the WG chairs
   Warren Kumari is RAD!