Re: [Idr] comment on draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages

> This issue is specific to BGP extended message

I don't think so. Today max BGP message size is 4K and typical WAN MTU 1500
bytes. So it may get fragmented anyway.

If TCP keeps retransmitting same or resized segment and reaches max
retransmissions value the connection will be terminated.

//R.

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 9:14 AM, li zhenqiang <li_zhenqiang@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, TCP will retransmit the missing data. But IP fragmentation will occur
> again if the BGP message size isn't cut down. The receiver can't get the
> missing data.
> This issue is specific to BGP extended message because the extended update
> message may be fragmented by IP when it traverses the network from the
> source to the destination. BGP messages don't need to be fragmented by IP
> have no such problem.
>
> Best Regards,
> ------------------------------
> li_zhenqiang@hotmail.com
>
>
> *From:* Robert Raszuk <robert@raszuk.net>
> *Date:* 2017-06-08 14:41
> *To:* li zhenqiang <li_zhenqiang@hotmail.com>
> *CC:* draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages.all
> <draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages.all@ietf.org>; idr wg <idr@ietf.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Idr] comment on draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages
> Hi,
>
> Wouldn't TCP simply retransmit missing data if drops are accidental ?
>
> If drops are "by design" due to as you said security rules I am afraid
> such path is not going to carry BGP session.
>
> //RR.
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 8, 2017 07:26, "li zhenqiang" <li_zhenqiang@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This doc, https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-idr-bgp-ext
> ended-messages/
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__datatracker.ietf.org_doc_draft-2Dietf-2Didr-2Dbgp-2Dextended-2Dmessages_&d=DwMGaQ&c=IL_XqQWOjubgfqINi2jTzg&r=Xx9729xYDYoCgBDdcp1FKt5PyYd1TCoXNKhyPY8CFp8&m=plGpWzcW7ppWguHBC4w6PyEGZRLkmX7MJ1vUTVNOpZs&s=0pin7tGPbPq5n1iayUcdxrEXuvzvTPplWdQkXERikBo&e=>
> , extends the maximum update message size of BGP beyond 4096 bytes to 65535 bytes.
> My comment is about its transport. BGP is TCP based and TCP relys on IP to
> do fragmentation and reassembly if needed. But IP fragmented packets  may
> be droped by some nodes in the network due to security rules or to improve
> the tansport preformance.  So sometimes the BGP speakers may not receive
> some fragmented extended update messgaes. This deployment problem should be
> considered.
>
> Best Regards,
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> li_zhenqiang@hotmail.com
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