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Re: [Bgp-autoconf] Short comparison of the different documents.

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Wed, 18 March 2020 23:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Bgp-autoconf] Short comparison of the different documents.
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jie,

> There can be several different use cases of the role information, such
> as applying different policies/template for route advertisement, or
> for validation of session establishment (e.g. session between leafs
> may not be permitted). And if you have other use cases, please help to
> list them.

no.  we should not try to enumerate all possible operational practices,
roles of devices, ... in the design spec.  to explore the space, we may
need to discuss one or two examples to ensure we are not making a
serious omission.

but please let us not go down this capybara hole.

randy

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