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Re: [Idr] IDR WG LC on draft-ietf-idr-ix-bgp-route-server (2/2/2015 - 2/16/2015)

Nick Hilliard <nick@inex.ie> Thu, 12 February 2015 20:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Idr] IDR WG LC on draft-ietf-idr-ix-bgp-route-server (2/2/2015 - 2/16/2015)
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On 12/02/2015 19:31, heasley wrote:
> i understand your objection and solution, and agree that its more palatable
> than a broken forwarding plane.  But, i still think this is all a bunch of
> kinky stuff to solve a problem that isnt all that difficult to handle if
> the RS doesnt exist.

Route servers are not to everyone's taste and no-one will force you to use
them if you don't want to.

Could we get back to the main point of the draft, which is to formalise the
change in BGP behaviour which people have been using since the 1990s to
implement RSs?

Nick

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