Re: [karp] Handling of LDP hello packets and the crypto table

Sam Hartman <hartmans-ietf@mit.edu> Tue, 17 September 2013 15:04 UTC

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From: Sam Hartman <hartmans-ietf@mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: [karp] Handling of LDP hello packets and the crypto table
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>>>>> "Joel" == Joel M Halpern <jmh@joelhalpern.com> writes:


    Joel> The one concern I have about using a single entry and a
    Joel> registry describing both sides is whether there will be many
    Joel> different combinations that folks have a reason (good, bad, or
    Joel> otherwise) to use. As long as the number of combinations is
    Joel> small, this compound entry seems tractable.


Agreed.

I tend to give configuration and operation complexity very heavy weight
because I want our solutions to be easy enough to deploy that they are
actually deployed.
So, I strongly prefer the single entry approach if the number of
combinations is small.