Received: from trapdoor.merit.edu (trapdoor.merit.edu [198.108.1.26]) by ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with ESMTP id LAA18367 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:58:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: by trapdoor.merit.edu (Postfix) id EB0F69131E; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:59:03 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: idr-outgoing@trapdoor.merit.edu Received: by trapdoor.merit.edu (Postfix, from userid 56) id B235391321; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:59:03 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: idr@trapdoor.merit.edu Received: from segue.merit.edu (segue.merit.edu [198.108.1.41]) by trapdoor.merit.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C302A9131E for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:59:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: by segue.merit.edu (Postfix) id A5DEC5DE0E; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:59:02 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: idr@merit.edu Received: from mailgate.pit.comms.marconi.com (mailgate.pit.comms.marconi.com [169.144.68.6]) by segue.merit.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E8825DDC5 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:59:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailman.pit.comms.marconi.com (mailman.pit.comms.marconi.com [169.144.2.12]) by mailgate.pit.comms.marconi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA19232; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:58:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from whq-msgrtr-01.pit.comms.marconi.com (whq-msgrtr-01.pit.comms.marconi.com [169.144.2.221]) by mailman.pit.comms.marconi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA18713; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:59:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: by whq-msgrtr-01.pit.comms.marconi.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:59:00 -0400 Message-ID: <39469E08BD83D411A3D900204840EC55BC2E16@vie-msgusr-01.dc.fore.com> From: "Abarbanel, Benjamin" To: "'John G. Scudder'" , "Abarbanel, Benjamin" Cc: "'idr@merit.edu'" Subject: RE: Router ID Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:58:59 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-idr@merit.edu Precedence: bulk This is taken out of RFC1771 and current BGP draft 17. "BGP Identifier: This 4-octet unsigned integer indicates the BGP Identifier of the sender. A given BGP speaker sets the value of its BGP Identifier to an IP address assigned to that BGP speaker. " Most IP addresses I am familiar with are routable. If not, the description should not read "IP address", but only "4-octet unsigned integer". Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: John G. Scudder [mailto:jgs@cisco.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:41 AM > To: Abarbanel, Benjamin > Cc: 'idr@merit.edu' > Subject: Re: Router ID > > > At 10:28 AM -0400 9/10/02, Abarbanel, Benjamin wrote: > > Clearly, BGP Identifier must be routable for the protocol to > > work and the session to be Established. > > This is incorrect for several implementations with which I am > familiar. > > --John >