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Long-term interoperability of protocols is an important goal of the network
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- standards process. Part of realizing long-term protocol deployment success is
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- the ability to support change. Change can require adjustments such as extending
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- the protocol, modifying usage patterns within the current protocol
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- constraints, or a creating a replacement protocol. This document presents
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- considerations for protocol designers and implementers about applying techniques
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- such as greasing or protocol variability as a means to exercise maintenance
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- concepts.
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+ standards process. Deployment success could depend on supporting change, which
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+ can include modifying how the protocol is used, extending the protocol, or
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+ replacing the protocol. This document presents concepts, considerations, and
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+ techniques related to protocol maintenance, such as greasing or variability. The
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+ intended audience is protocol designers and implementers.
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# Introduction
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Long-term interoperability of protocols is an important goal of the network
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- standards process {{?MAINTENANCE=RFC9413}}. Part of realizing long-term protocol
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- deployment success {{?SUCCESS=RFC5218}} is the ability to support change. Change
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- can require adjustments such as extending the protocol, modifying usage
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- patterns within the current protocol constraints, or creating a replacement
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- protocol.
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+ standards process {{?MAINTENANCE=RFC9413}}. Protocol deployment success
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+ {{?SUCCESS=RFC5218}} could depend on supporting change, which
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+ can include modifying how the protocol is used, extending the protocol, or
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+ replacing the protocol.
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Greasing is one technique that supports the long term-viability of protocol
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extension points. It was originally designed for TLS {{?GREASE=RFC8701}} as a
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