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Re: [Idr] WG adoption call for draft-abraitis-bgp-version-capability-08, to end September 25

Claudio Jeker <cjeker@diehard.n-r-g.com> Wed, 11 January 2023 16:45 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Idr] WG adoption call for draft-abraitis-bgp-version-capability-08, to end September 25
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 05:07:39PM +0100, Robert Raszuk wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> > Your argument sums to "capabilities negotiation can cause issues and I
> may object to
> > all features I don't like that may use capabilities".  Sorry, that's not
> going to win in this discussion.
> 
> Nope. That is not my point. Neither is winning anything here :)
> 
> My point is to limit what is taken into BGP Capabilities for real and
> critical to BGP functionality flags.
> 
> Sending any free form text - does not fall into that category.
> 

The great thing about "free" version strings in BGP capabilities is that
BGP can follow the web browers and their use of user-agent strings.
How long will it take until someone will use this info to slighlty alter
the standard?  How long will it take until vendors need to include each
other in their version strings to remain interoperable?

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:wq Claudio

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