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Re: [Idr] BGP Auto-Discovery Protocol State Requirements

Jeffrey Haas <jhaas@pfrc.org> Thu, 18 March 2021 16:19 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Idr] BGP Auto-Discovery Protocol State Requirements
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Off-list discussion with Tony Przygienda did suggest the following can use
some clarification:

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 05:02:03PM -0400, Jeffrey Haas wrote:
> 
> GTSM: MANDATORY
> If you're using GTSM for your sessions, TCP may not even establish unless
> it's on.
> 
> Robert points out existing security considerations about using GTSM.
> They apply here as well.
> 
> ---
> 
> BFD Configuration: OPTIONAL?
> 
> Some BGP implementations don't let their sessions come up or stay up if
> there's a mis-match in BFD between the systems.
> 
> See draft-ietf-idr-bgp-bfd-strict-mode.  Making support for this draft
> mandatory would let this state requirement be dropped.

These two are effectively a bit each.

GTSM needs to know if it's running or not.  

BFD needs to know if it's running or not.  BFD itself handles negotiating
sessions.  No parameters need to be exchanged.  BFD session type is derived
from the IP address of the session.

-- Jeff

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