Re: [dhcwg] Anyone interested in continuing draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-prefix-pool-opt?

Sten Carlsen <stenc@s-carlsen.dk> Thu, 22 August 2013 12:35 UTC

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On 22/08/13 14:21, Jean-Francois.TremblayING@videotron.com wrote:
>> De : Sten Carlsen <stenc@s-carlsen.dk>
>> Seen from outside (my chair) it looks like there might be a need for
>> a protocol to talk directly with the switch/router, possibly first 
>> passing a control/admin system that controls what may be set up in 
>> various places in the network.
> Hum... a protocol that exchanges routes directly with a router? Over
> a TCP connection maybe? We could even group the route information 
> in Updates and per Address Family?  Add a few Capabilities over the
> top and call it Novative Excellent Way for Border Gateway Programming?
>
> Excuse the naive question, but isn't this BGP? I always get weird 
> looks when I suggest we run BGP on DHCP servers, but it would 
> actually fit the job description pretty well (at least for the 
> purpose of route injection). 
I am not familiar enough with BGP to answer that question. The thought
has occurred to me.
>
> /JF
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