Re: [Idr] Re: Last Call: 'Connecting IPv6 Islands over IPv4 MPLS using IPv6 Provider Edge Routers (6PE)' to Proposed Standard

Yakov Rekhter <yakov@juniper.net> Fri, 15 September 2006 16:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Idr] Re: Last Call: 'Connecting IPv6 Islands over IPv4 MPLS using IPv6 Provider Edge Routers (6PE)' to Proposed Standard
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Robert,

> Hey Francois,
> 
> Ok so you proved that the text describing AFI/SAFI is poorly written and
> does not even reflect implementations reality (for example as you said:
> rt-constrain).
> 
> I don't think that adding your change will make a huge difference and
> will make the spec perfect.

While Francois' proposed change may not "make the spec perfect",
it would certainly improve the match between the MP_BGP spec and
some of the existing applications that use MP_BGP (e.g., rt-constrain,
l2vpn).  Whether making this change "will make a huge difference"
is a matter of opinion...

Yakov.

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