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Re: [Idr] WG Adoption call for draft-spaghetti-idr-bgp-sendholdtimer-09 (2/28/2023 to 3/14/2023)

Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> Wed, 08 March 2023 18:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Idr] WG Adoption call for draft-spaghetti-idr-bgp-sendholdtimer-09 (2/28/2023 to 3/14/2023)
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Jeffrey Haas wrote on 08/03/2023 18:35:
> Does that solve the entirety of this problem?  No.  And that no is
> why I'm not presenting the timeout as "this is THE SOLUTION to the
> problem".  At best, it's a useful tool in helping out.

for sure it's a workaround for implementation bugs, but zooming out, it 
helps in two separate ways: 1. resolving symptoms and 2. pointing the 
finger at the source of the breakage. Both these things are 
independently worthwhile.

Nick

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