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8. IANA Considerations

This document defines two registries administered by IANA. The first is titled "BFD Diagnostic Codes" (see section 4.1). Initial values for the BFD Diagnostic Code registry are given below. Further assignments are to be made through Expert Review [IANA-CONSIDERATIONS]. Assignments consist of a BFD Diagnostic Code name and its associated value.

BFD Diagnostic Codes

ValueBFD Diagnostic Code Name
0No Diagnostic
1Control Detection Time Expired
2Echo Function Failed
3Neighbor Signaled Session Down
4Forwarding Plane Reset
5Path Down
6Concatenated Path Down
7Administratively Down
8Reverse Concatenated Path Down
9-31Unassigned

BFD Authentication Types

The second registry is titled "BFD Authentication Types" (see section 4.1). Initial values for the BFD Authentication Type registry are given below. Further assignments are to be made through Expert Review [IANA-CONSIDERATIONS]. Assignments consist of a BFD Authentication Type Code name and its associated value.

ValueBFD Authentication Type Name
0Reserved
1Simple Password
2Keyed MD5
3Meticulous Keyed MD5
4Keyed SHA1
5Meticulous Keyed SHA1
6-255Unassigned