RFC 9451: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Packet and Behavior in the Network Service Header (NSH)

This document clarifies an ambiguity in the Network Service Header (NSH) specification related to the handling of O bit. In particular, this document…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 8300: Network Service Header (NSH)
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 9145: Integrity Protection for the Network Service Header (NSH) and Encryption of Sensitive Context Headers
Informative reference — RFC 7665: Service Function Chaining (SFC) Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 6291: Guidelines for the Use of the "OAM" Acronym in the IETF
Informative reference — RFC 7276: An Overview of Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Tools
Informative reference — RFC 9263: Network Service Header (NSH) Metadata Type 2 Variable-Length Context Headers
Informative reference — RFC 8924: Service Function Chaining (SFC) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Framework
Informative reference — RFC 8979: Subscriber and Performance Policy Identifier Context Headers in the Network Service Header (NSH)

Incoming relationships (2 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9452: Network Service Header (NSH) Encapsulation for In Situ OAM (IOAM) Data
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9516: Active Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) for Service Function Chaining (SFC)