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Re: [Idr] SendNOTIFICATIONwithoutOPEN

Sean Muller <seangmuller@runbox.com> Tue, 08 April 2008 13:28 UTC

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If I am reading the specification correctly the  
SendNOTIFICATIONwithoutOPEN is for communicating error states so  
unless the initial peering has occurred and/or this configuration is  
setup on both peers the SendNOTIFICATIONwithoutOPEN would fail. Or am  
I reading the specification wrong?


Sean Muller
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On Mar 31, 2008, at 3:23 AM, Jithu Arun Sreedhar wrote:
> Hi
>
> By the definition of SendNOTIFICATIONwithoutOPEN, it allows a peer to
> send a NOTIFICATION without first sending an OPEN message. But how do
> you convey this to the peer dynamically. Statically if you know so
> then the working of the attribute can be explained, but for dynamic
> configurations, for example an unconfigured peer, how do you let the
> BGP peer know that you are expecting a NOTIFICATION without an OPEN in
> case of an OPEN error.
>
> Jithu Arun Sreedhar.
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