Re: [mpls] A first version of draft-ijln-mpls-rfc5036bis-00.txt

["Andrew G. Malis" <[e-mail]>]

Loa,

Questions about ATM and FR come up periodically. There are definitely still
native ATM switches running in SP networks and perhaps native FR switches
as well, and there’s no way to guarantee that none of them aren’t still
running LDP to provide MPLS and IP services. It’s difficult to prove a
negative. So my preference would be to retain those sections.

Cheers,
Andy


On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 7:12 AM, Loa Andersson <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Working Group,
>
> We have started the work to take LDP to Internet Standard, the -00
> version of draft-ijln-mpls-rfc5036bis does a few things
>
> - gives us an xml-document to work from
> - defines the scope of what needs to be done
> - adds a TODO-list with semi-concrete task that should be
>   undertaken
> - starts a list of differences between RFC 5036 and the current
>   document
>
> We have added an "Editors note" as the first section (for scope
> and ToDo), the Editors Note will be removed before publication, but
> temporarily the section numbering is "one off" as compared to RFC 5036.
>
> WE have also added xml anchors/targets for internal references and
> figure numbers for the figures.
>
> We are considering to remove the figure number again before publication,
> but ant them there as long as we are discussing the document.
>
> The implicit tables for optional parameters has been changed to
> xml supported texttables.
>
> We have removed the reference to CR-LDP as the TE protocol.
>
> We have discussed if we can remove FR and ATM, since there seems to
> be no FR or ATM switches using LDP.
>
> Please comment on what we have done, and help us capture things we
> have forgotten.
>
> /Loa
> for the editors group
>
>
> On 2016-02-16 14:52, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>>
>> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
>> directories.
>>
>>
>>          Title           : LDP Specification
>>          Authors         : Xia Chen
>>                            Loa Andersson
>>                            Nic Leymann
>>                            Ina Minei
>>         Filename        : draft-ijln-mpls-rfc5036bis-00.txt
>>         Pages           : 141
>>         Date            : 2016-02-15
>>
>> Abstract:
>>     The architecture for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is
>>     described in RFC 3031.  A fundamental concept in MPLS is that two
>>     Label Switching Routers (LSRs) must agree on the meaning of the
>>     labels used to forward traffic between and through them.  This common
>>     understanding is achieved by using a set of procedures, called a
>>     label distribution protocol, by which one LSR informs another of
>>     label bindings it has made.  This document defines a set of such
>>     procedures called LDP (for Label Distribution Protocol) by which LSRs
>>     distribute labels to support MPLS forwarding along normally routed
>>     paths.
>>
>>
>> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ijln-mpls-rfc5036bis/
>>
>> There's also a htmlized version available at:
>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ijln-mpls-rfc5036bis-00
>>
>>
>> Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of
>> submission
>> until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.
>>
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