Re: [Idr] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draft-ietf-idr-ix-bgp-route-server-11: (with COMMENT)

Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> Tue, 14 June 2016 10:15 UTC

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Christopher Morrow wrote:
> err, maybe nick was thinking there might be more revisions on his
> text options?

something like that.  Who was it who said that dealing with the IETF is
like being nibbled to death by ducks?

> I'm not a native bgp speaker, but I'd question (for instance) the use
> of 'AS_PATH segment' in this part of the draft, given:

> ​again, I'm not a native bgp speaker

No, you're correct.

> so I'm probably off base, but... maybe there's a revision in the
> revision still to be had before updating the actual draft archive?​

That would probably be tempting fate but then again, the reason the IETF
exists at all is because fate was tempted.  It would be a shame to lose
that spark.

Randy Bush wrote:
> i think what might be said is "creating an undesirably longer AS_PATH"
> and thus biasing receivers against using the exchange.

"creating an undesirably longer AS_PATH" works, but "biasing receivers
against using the exchange" is language that I would prefer to avoid,
the reason being that route servers have an expected behaviour which is
to provide a comparable topology view to bilateral peering.  In this
regard, jamming the RS ASN into the path violates the principal of least
astonishment.  The art is to distil this sentiment into a single sentence.

The wording has been updated as follows:

github.com/fooelisa/draft-jasinska-ix-bgp-route-server/commit/686ed8a

Is there consensus on this wording?  If so I'll post -12.

Nick