Re: FW: I-D Action: draft-ietf-bfd-rfc5884-bis-01.txt
Greg Mirsky <[email protected]>
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Hi Prasad, thank you for leading this work. Could you please clarify one issue for me. Is this -01 version off the github? The github link from the datatracker brought me to the -00 version of the 5884bis draft. Regards, Greg On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 9:54 AM Vengada Prasad Govindan (venggovi) <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello BFD/ MPLS WG members, > Based on the discussions of the Vienna meeting, I have added contents to > the document below. Please review the same and share comments/ suggestions. > Implementation reports are welcome through email, so we can progress the > draft to WGLC. I plan to add implementation reports in the next revision. > Thanks > Prasad > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2026 10:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: I-D Action: draft-ietf-bfd-rfc5884-bis-01.txt > > Internet-Draft draft-ietf-bfd-rfc5884-bis-01.txt is now available. It is a > work item of the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) WG of the IETF. > > Title: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for MPLS Label > Switched Paths (LSPs) > Authors: Rahul Aggarwal > Kireeti Kompella > Thomas D. Nadeau > George Swallow > Vengada Prasad Govindan > Kalyani Rajaraman > Gregory Mirsky > Sam Aldrin > Name: draft-ietf-bfd-rfc5884-bis-01.txt > Pages: 19 > Dates: 2026-08-15 > > Abstract: > > One desirable application of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) > is to detect a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched > Path (LSP) data plane failure. LSP Ping is an existing mechanism for > detecting MPLS data plane failures and for verifying the MPLS LSP > data plane against the control plane. BFD can be used for the > former, but not for the latter. However, the control plane > processing required for BFD Control packets is relatively smaller > than the processing required for LSP Ping messages. A combination of > LSP Ping and BFD can be used to provide faster data plane failure > detection and/or make it possible to provide such detection on a > greater number of LSPs. This document describes the applicability of > BFD in relation to LSP Ping for this application. It also describes > procedures for using BFD in this environment. This document > obsoletes RFC5884 and RFC7726. > > The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bfd-rfc5884-bis/ > > There is also an HTML version available at: > https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-bfd-rfc5884-bis-01.html > > A diff from the previous version is available at: > https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-bfd-rfc5884-bis-01 > > Internet-Drafts are also available by rsync at: > rsync.ietf.org::internet-drafts > > >