Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART telechat review of draft-ietf-netmod-routing-cfg-24

[Jari Arkko <[e-mail]>]

Thanks, all. I’m balloting no-objection.

Jari

On 01 Nov 2016, at 03:54, Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]> wrote:

> This didn't have a chance to be updated before the cutoff,
> so technically it's still "Ready with Issues", but I am
> completely happy with Lada's proposed changes.
> 
> Regards
>  Brian
> 
> On 25/10/2016 20:56, Ladislav Lhotka wrote:
>> Hi Brian,
>> 
>> thank you for the review. Please see my replies inline.
>> 
>>> On 25 Oct 2016, at 01:07, Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am the assigned Gen-ART reviewer for this draft. The General Area
>>> Review Team (Gen-ART) reviews all IETF documents being processed
>>> by the IESG for the IETF Chair.  Please treat these comments just
>>> like any other last call comments.
>>> 
>>> For more information, please see the FAQ at
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>>> 
>>> Document: draft-ietf-netmod-routing-cfg-24.txt
>>> Reviewer: Brian Carpenter
>>> Review Date: 2016-10-25
>>> IETF LC End Date: 2016-11-03
>>> IESG Telechat date: 2016-11-03
>>> 
>>> Summary: Ready with (minor) issues
>>> --------
>>> 
>>> Comments:
>>> ---------
>>> 
>>> This seems to be a fine document. FYI I am not a YANG expert.
>>> 
>>> There is a dissent on a point of principle in the WG archive at
>>> https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/netmod/current/msg16705.html:
>>> "Given the historical opposition to revising models once they have been cast as RFCs
>>> that we have seen within the IETF, then I feel that avoiding incomplete models going
>>> to RFC is the best course of action."
>>> 
>>> My understanding is that YANG models are intrinsically extensible, and this is
>>> noted in the Abstract and Introduction. So I don't find this dissent compelling.
>> 
>> Indeed, this data model is intended as a basis for other models, e.g. for routing protocols. Several such model are already under way.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Minor Issues:
>>> -------------
>>> 
>>> 1)
>>> Re on-link-flag and autonomous-flag: Please consider adding a normative
>>> reference to the approved RFC-to-be draft-ietf-6man-multi-homed-host,
>>> as well as RFC 4861. That document specifies that having both these flags
>>> set to False is a legitimate combination, against current expectations.
>> 
>> Will add.
>> 
>>> 
>>> 2)
>>> Did you consider doing anything explicit for ULA prefixes, or would
>>> this just be handled by special-next-hop/prohibit in border routers?
>> 
>> 
>> The "ietf-ipv6-router-advertisements" submodule just tries to cover the parameters specified in RFC 4861. I understand that configuration specific to ULA prefixes is an add-on to this base set, and this can be implemented via augmenting the core model from other modules.
>> 
>>> 
>>> 3)
>>>> Appendix B.  Minimum Implementation
>>>> 
>>>> Some parts and options of the core routing model, such as user-
>>>> defined RIBs, are intended only for advanced routers.  This appendix
>>>> gives basic non-normative guidelines for implementing a bare minimum
>>>> of available functions.  Such an implementation may be used for hosts
>>>> or very simple routers.
>>> 
>>> IPv6 hosts should definitely not send RFC4861 router advertisements.
>>> Should that be stated in this appendix?
>> 
>> Yes, good point, will do.
>> 
>> Thanks, Lada
>> 
>> --
>> Ladislav Lhotka, CZ.NIC Labs
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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