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Re: [Idr] draft-walton-bgp-hostname-capability-00

Job Snijders <job@instituut.net> Sat, 16 May 2015 19:26 UTC

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Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 21:25:56 +0200
From: Job Snijders <job@instituut.net>
To: John Heasley <heas@shrubbery.net>
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On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 12:37:00PM -0400, John Heasley wrote:
> Am 16.05.2015 um 11:59 schrieb Thomas Mangin <thomas.mangin@exa-networks.co.uk>:
> > 
> > I would rather see this totally harmless draft (as vendors can
> > decide to ignore it without consequences) progress than seeing
> > Cumulus assigning a capability number for it and later find that we
> > have like multisession two different code for the same feature :p
> 
> Or just keep track of your peering info in a database ... With contact
> info, business relationship, etc.  this is not a bgp problem, IMO.
> Its a CRM and NMS problem. 

I agree with John.

One could easily create a tool which takes 'show bgp sum' data and
enriches that view with various database lookups. Passing strings around
in BGP might seem convenient, but does not address the architectual
shortcomings of your system if case you have no idea who your neighbor
is.

Kind regards,

Job

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