Re: draft-manning-bgpattrib-type-00.txt as Informational RFC

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Subject: Re: draft-manning-bgpattrib-type-00.txt as Informational RFC
To: Tony Bates <tbates@cisco.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 16:24:35 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: yakov@cisco.com, jhalpern@newbridge.com, bgp@ans.net
In-Reply-To: <199608302254.PAA13135@trix.cisco.com> from "Tony Bates" at Aug 30, 96 03:54:48 pm
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 done and done.   any other comment before draft-01?


> 
> 
>  Yakov Rekhter <yakov@cisco.com> writes:
>   * Joel,
>   * 
>   * The IDR WG would like to ask the IESG to publish 
>   * draft-manning-bgpattrib-type-00.txt as an Informational RFC.
>   * 
>   * Yakov.
> 
> Actually....I think it might be useful to at least clarify the doument
> with a few references and also use the actual names of the
> attributes. This is just an editorial nit but we may as well do it.
> Here's the patch for the text.
> 
> 	--Tony
> 
> *** draft-manning-bgpattrib-type-00.txt	Fri Aug 30 12:59:15 1996
> --- draft-manning-bgpattrib-type-00.txt.new	Fri Aug 30 15:51:05 1996
> ***************
> *** 53,71 ****
>      Currently in use attribute type codes are listed below:
>   
>   
> ! 		1       origin
> ! 		2       as path
> ! 		3       next hop
> ! 		4       multi exit disc.
> ! 		5       local preference
> ! 		6       atomic aggregate
> ! 		7       aggregator
> ! 		8       community                               cisco ID
> ! 		9       originator                              cisco ID
> ! 		10      cluster list                            cisco ID
> ! 		11      destination preference                  MCI ID
> ! 		12	advertiser				Bay ID
> ! 		13	rcid_path (cluster id) 			Bay ID
>   		...
>   		255	reserved for development
>   
> --- 53,73 ----
>      Currently in use attribute type codes are listed below:
>   
>   
> !              Value      Code                                  Reference
> ! 
> ! 		1       ORIGIN                                  [1]
> ! 		2       AS_PATH                                 [1]
> ! 		3       NEXT_HOP                                [1] 
> ! 		4       MULTI_EXIT_DISC                         [1]
> ! 		5       LOCAL_PREF                              [1]
> ! 		6       ATOMIC_AGGREGATE                        [1]
> ! 		7       AGGREGATOR                              [1]
> ! 		8       COMMUNITY                               [2]
> ! 		9       ORIGINATOR_ID                           [3]
> ! 		10      CLUSTER_LIST                            [3]
> ! 		11      DPA                                     [4]
> ! 		12	ADVERTISER                              [5]
> ! 		13	RCID_PATH / CLUSTER_ID 			[5]
>   		...
>   		255	reserved for development
>   
> ***************
> *** 73,78 ****
> --- 75,99 ----
>   Security considerations of this memo
>   
>      None.
> + 
> + 
> + References
> + 
> +    [1] Rekhter, Y., and Li, T., "A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)",
> +        RFC 1771, March 1995.
> + 
> +    [2] Chandra, R., Traina, P., and T. Li, "BGP Communities
> +        Attribute", RFC 1997, August 1996.
> + 
> +    [3] Bates, T., Chandra, R, "BGP Route Reflection An alternative 
> +        to full mesh IBGP", RFC 1998, June 1996.
> + 
> +    [4] Chen, E., Bates, T., "Destination Preference Attribute for BGP", 
> +        Work in progress, March 1996.
> + 
> +    [5] Haskin, D., "A BGP/IDRP Route Server alternative to a full mesh
> +        routing", RFC 1863, October 1995.
> + 
>   
>   Authors' Addresses
>   
> 
> 


-- 
--bill