Re: [Idr] IETF LC for IDR-ish document <draft-ietf-grow-bgp-reject-05.txt> (Default EBGP Route Propagation Behavior Without Policies) to Proposed Standard

[Jared Mauch <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:07:46AM -0700, Brian Dickson wrote:
> For the same reason that government regulations mandate this, rather than
> leaving it as a voluntary compliance thing, it behooves us (the standards
> setting body for BGP) to make this mandatory.
> 
> There's nothing wrong with mandatory things having grandfather clauses
> ("any vehicle/router sold after such-and-such date"). However, that does
> not preclude making the thing mandatory on a going-forward basis.
> 
> (Yes, analogies are always imperfect, but the sentiment here fits.)

	Thanks.  This is surely the intent, make BGP safer for
all involved.  The interesting bit here is that some implementions
don't even have the capability to apply the brake pedal prior to
the vehicle moving.  This of course makes it easy to move, but
much harder to stop (and undo the collateral damage).

	- Jared

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