Re: [Idr] Early allocation for wide communities [was: Re: BGP Attribute for Large communities (Attribute 30) was squatted on - Let's get a new attribute number (1 week WG call (10/18 to 10/25)]

"Jakob Heitz (jheitz)" <jheitz@cisco.com> Tue, 18 October 2016 19:28 UTC

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From: "Jakob Heitz (jheitz)" <jheitz@cisco.com>
To: "John G. Scudder" <jgs@juniper.net>, Susan Hares <shares@ndzh.com>
Thread-Topic: [Idr] Early allocation for wide communities [was: Re: BGP Attribute for Large communities (Attribute 30) was squatted on - Let's get a new attribute number (1 week WG call (10/18 to 10/25)]
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Subject: Re: [Idr] Early allocation for wide communities [was: Re: BGP Attribute for Large communities (Attribute 30) was squatted on - Let's get a new attribute number (1 week WG call (10/18 to 10/25)]
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I have no objection to letting "wide" have a codepoint.
Even if it is not stable.
Wide comms could add a version number into the header to satisfy (c),
but even if it doesn't, I won't object.

Thanks,
Jakob.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Idr [mailto:idr-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of John G. Scudder
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 10:25 AM
> To: Susan Hares <shares@ndzh.com>
> Cc: IETF IDR WG <idr@ietf.org>
> Subject: [Idr] Early allocation for wide communities [was: Re: BGP Attribute for Large communities (Attribute 30)
> was squatted on - Let's get a new attribute number (1 week WG call (10/18 to 10/25)]
> 
> OK, if we're going straight to the early allocation request, let's fork the thread. Subject updated.
> 
> As a reminder, RFC 7120 gives the criteria for early allocation. The ones I think are relevant for this discussion:
> 
>    b.  The format, semantics, processing, and other rules related to
>        handling the protocol entities defined by the code points
>        (henceforth called "specifications") must be adequately described
>        in an Internet-Draft.
> 
> IMO (speaking as a WG member) the current wide communities draft does this.
> 
>    c.  The specifications of these code points must be stable; i.e., if
>        there is a change, implementations based on the earlier and later
>        specifications must be seamlessly interoperable.
> 
> I am not sure this is true. Is it?
> 
>    d.  The Working Group chairs and Area Directors (ADs) judge that
>        there is sufficient interest in the community for early (pre-RFC)
>        implementation and deployment, or that failure to make an early
>        allocation might lead to contention for the code point in the
>        field.
> 
> We can judge this based on response to this thread.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --John
> 
> On Oct 18, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Susan Hares <shares@ndzh.com> wrote:
> > Jeff:
> >
> > This is a good idea to just make 129 an early allocation for wide communities.
> >
> > Sue
> >
> > From: Jeffrey Haas [mailto:jhaas@pfrc.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 11:19 AM
> > To: Sue Hares
> > Cc: IETF IDR WG; Kristian Larsson
> > Subject: Re: [Idr] BGP Attribute for Large communities (Attribute 30) was squatted on - Let's get a new attribute
> number (1 week WG call (10/18 to 10/25)
> >
> > Sue,
> >
> > If 129 is not otherwise contended for, it may be reasonable to simply request early allocation for the wide
> communities code point.
> >
> > -- Jeff
> >
> >> On Oct 18, 2016, at 11:01 AM, Susan Hares <shares@ndzh.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> WG:
> >>
> >> Early testing of the Large Communities draft (draft-ietf-idr-large-community-03.txt)  with attribute value of 30
> detect that we had an implementation squatting on attribute 30 by a Huawei router.   “Squatting” on an attribute is
> anti-social behavior in the Internet in any release of software.
> >>
> >> The individuals who did in Huawei have been contacted by Jie Dong, and “asked” if they had made this mistake in
> any other attribute.   These individuals confessed to Attribute 129 (for wide communities).  These individuals
> apologize to the Working group.
> >>
> >> Now what shall we do? The large community draft is critical for several networks. After talking with the
> developers and operators, John and I would like to recommend we do the following:
> >>
> >> IDR should recommend that the following attribute numbers be deprecated:
> >>
> >> BGP Attribute 30
> >> BGP attribute 129
> >>
> >> IDR should ask IANA to assign BGP Large Communities (currently Attribute 30) to a new attribute number.  This is
> a 1 week call to determine if the IDR approves this action.   This call will allow the large communities draft to
> still continue with the 2 week WG LC.
> >>
> >> John, Alvaro, and I have check the early allocation rules.  Implementations should ask for early allocation prior
> to releasing, and they do not need to be interoperability testing to request the early allocation for the attribute.
> >>
> >> Sue Hares
> >>
> >>
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