{"draft":"draft-haberman-rpsl-reachable-test-04","doc_id":"RFC5943","title":"A Dedicated Routing Policy Specification Language Interface Identifier for Operational Testing","authors":["B. Haberman, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"4","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"IETF - NON WORKING GROUP","abstract":"The deployment of new IP connectivity typically results in\r\nintermittent reachability for numerous reasons that are outside the\r\nscope of this document.  In order to aid in the debugging of these\r\npersistent problems, this document proposes the creation of a new\r\nRouting Policy Specification Language attribute that allows a network\r\nto advertise an IP address that is reachable and can be used as a\r\ntarget for diagnostic tests (e.g., pings).  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"August 2010","keywords":["[--------]"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5943","errata_url":null}