Re: [Idr] I-D Action: draft-ietf-idr-ext-opt-param-13.txt

[John Scudder <[e-mail]>]

One editorial change (see my reply to Christer).

One very small normative change. See my reply to Martin, including "Note the small normative change here: what used to be a MUST is now a SHOULD/MAY. I think this will be non-controversial, but wanted to point it out.”

—John

> On Apr 22, 2021, at 3:41 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
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> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> This draft is a work item of the Inter-Domain Routing WG of the IETF.
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>        Title           : Extended Optional Parameters Length for BGP OPEN Message
>        Authors         : Enke Chen
>                          John Scudder
>        Filename        : draft-ietf-idr-ext-opt-param-13.txt
>        Pages           : 6
>        Date            : 2021-04-22
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> Abstract:
>   The Optional Parameters in the BGP OPEN message as defined in the
>   base BGP specification are limited to 255 octets due to a one-octet
>   length field.  BGP Capabilities are carried in this field and may
>   foreseeably exceed 255 octets in the future, leading to concern about
>   this limitation.
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>   This document updates RFC 4271 by extending, in a backward-compatible
>   manner, the length of the Optional Parameters in the BGP OPEN.  The
>   Parameter Length field of individual Optional Parameters is also
>   extended.
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