Technical Summary
This document describes a set of PCAP-related LinkType values and
creates an IANA registry for those values.
Working Group Summary
Was there anything in the WG process that is worth noting?
For example, was there controversy about particular points
or were there decisions where the consensus was
particularly rough?
From the Shepherd's report:
There have been some discussions on this, but in general the WG wasn't very
active. That said, there was no dissent to publish this. One thing that was
brought up is perhaps maintaining this registry outside of IANA (.e.g, GitHub),
but keeping it outside the IETF process for those "needs specification" items
is not ideal.
Document Quality
Are there existing implementations of the protocol? Have a
significant number of vendors indicated their plan to
implement the specification? Are there any reviewers that
merit special mention as having done a thorough review,
e.g., one that resulted in important changes or a
conclusion that the document had no substantive issues? If
there was a MIB Doctor, Media Type, or other Expert Review,
what was its course (briefly)? In the case of a Media Type
Review, on what date was the request posted?
Personnel
The Document Shepherd for this document is Joe Clarke. The Responsible
Area Director is Mahesh Jethanandani.
IANA Note
IANA is requested to create a new registry group entitled "The PCAP Registry".