Re: [Idr] Adoption call for BGP Auto-Configuration drafts (5/1 to 5/23/2022) - 3 weeks

[Randy Bush <[e-mail]>]

>> draft-ietf-lsvr-l3dl + draft-ietf-lsvr-l3dl-ulpc:
>> - Operates at Layer 2.
>> - Security varies from optional to certificate based.
>> - Provides its own session layer as part of the protocol.
>> 
>> I don¢t feel that adoption of BGP LLDP discovery would preclude
>> adoption of this discovery protocol. However, I don¢t have a strong
>> opinion or whether it should run over its own session layer or TCP.
> 
>     as L3 IP addressing is not known at that point, be darned hard to
>     establish a TCP connection. :)
> 
> Unfortunately, I see you snipped the rest of the Email.... I hate
> people who do that as much as you dislike when people use Outlook

i do not hate people who use outlook; though i would not use it myself.
and i hope you do not really hate me.  but whatever.

> I hadn't read this draft yet but the summary implies that it includes
> both multicast discovery and TCP.
> 
> draft-ymbk-idr-l3dn + draft-ymbk-idr-l3dn-ulpc
> - Operates at Layer 3 with a link-local multicast component, and a unicast
>  component.
> - Security varies from optional to using certificate based with TLS.
> - Uses TCP for session layer for its unicast component.

quite right.  different set of drafts.  you can have chocolate or
vanilla, L2 or L3, we serve both.  :)

randy