{"draft":"draft-shore-icmp-aup-12","doc_id":"RFC7279","title":"An Acceptable Use Policy for New ICMP Types and Codes","authors":["M. Shore","C. Pignataro"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"10","pub_status":"BEST CURRENT PRACTICE","status":"BEST CURRENT PRACTICE","source":"IETF - NON WORKING GROUP","abstract":"In this document we provide a basic description of ICMP's role in the\r\nIP stack and some guidelines for future use.\r\n\r\nThis document is motivated by concerns about lack of clarity\r\nconcerning when to add new Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)\r\ntypes and\/or codes.  These concerns have highlighted a need to\r\ndescribe policies for when adding new features to ICMP is desirable\r\nand when it is not.","pub_date":"May 2014","keywords":["icmp","icmpv4","icmpv6"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":["BCP0189"],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC7279","errata_url":null}