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Re: [Idr] Thoughts on https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-hares-idr-bgp-registries-01.txt

Enke Chen <enkechen@cisco.com> Thu, 23 March 2017 19:01 UTC

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To: Eric C Rosen <erosen@juniper.net>
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Subject: Re: [Idr] Thoughts on https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-hares-idr-bgp-registries-01.txt
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Eric,

On 3/23/17 10:29 AM, Eric C Rosen wrote:
[snip]

> Ultimately all type fields will be two-octets long with FCFS registration; that's the
> ultimate solution to this particular red tape problem.

Not only the type fields, but also the length fields in TLVs.

Given the processing power and memory, there is hardly any reason for having
one-byte type or length fields in TLV definitions.  We have been burned too
many times.

This is something that should be high on the list of fixes if there is ever a
BGP-5.

Thanks.  -- Enke

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