[mpls] Re: Working Group Last Call on draft-ietf-mpls-mna-hdr (2nd WG call)

["Zafar Ali (zali)" <[e-mail]>]

Dear chairs and the WG,

I agree with points raised by Jimmy, Tianran, Loe and others.

This is hardware implementation.
The ask is to progress the document as a standards track RFC.
Having at least two interoperable implementations by vendors should be a bare minimum bar.

Support for PSD is part of the MNA architecture.
There was a rather encrypted WG poll on PSD interest which shows clear support from vendors and operators to work on the PSD option.
However, the working group has not heard any outcome of the poll.
The PSD draft remains an individual draft.

Let’s first have the working group complete the work on PSD and all the pieces.
The document is not ready for progression as a standards track RFC at this point in time.

Thanks

Regards … Zafar

From: Tianran Zhou <zhoutianran=[e-mail]>
Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 7:48 PM
To: Dongjie (Jimmy) <jie.dong=[e-mail]>, Tarek Saad <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Cc: MPLS Working Chairs <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Subject: [mpls] Re: Working Group Last Call on draft-ietf-mpls-mna-hdr (2nd WG call)
Hi Tarek and WG,

I do not support the publication of this draft.
I agree with Jimmy there are serious concerns about ISD implementation and performance.
I believe ISD is not the right approach for MNA, we will not implement it.
I need a knob in existing MNA hdr to disable ISD and enable PSD.

Best,
Tianran

From: Dongjie (Jimmy) [mailto:jie.dong=[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2024 12:28 AM
To: Tarek Saad <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Cc: MPLS Working Chairs <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Subject: [mpls] Re: Working Group Last Call on draft-ietf-mpls-mna-hdr (2nd WG call)

Hi Tarek,

Before the 1st WG LC, some implementation experience with the -04 version of this draft was presented on an interim meeting: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/interim-2024-mpls-01/session/mpls. That implementation was from Academia.

As shown in the meeting materials, the implementors met some challenges with the encodings in -04 version, they asked some questions and also gave some proposals for possible optimization. As part of the WG LC, it would be important to check whether the issues raised at that time have be addressed by the latest version. It would be helpful if some feedback on the latest version can be provided by those implementors.

At IETF 120 I asked one question about the implementation report. Are we aware of any other implementation of this document, besides the implementation of the -04 version from Academia? This would be important to gauge the maturity of the document and the interest in implementing it.

Best regards,
Jie

From: Tarek Saad <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 9:25 PM
To: [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>
Cc: MPLS Working Chairs <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>; [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>
Subject: [mpls] Working Group Last Call on draft-ietf-mpls-mna-hdr (2nd WG call)

Dear WG,

This email starts a two-week Working Group last call for draft-ietf-mpls-mna-hdr<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-mna-hdr/>. This is the 2nd WG last call for this document.
Please indicate your support or concern for this draft. If you are opposed to the progression of the draft to RFC, please articulate your concern. If you support it, please indicate that you have read the latest version, and it is ready for publication in your opinion. As always, review comments and nits are most welcome.

Please send your comments to the mpls WG mailing list ([e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>).
If necessary, comments may be sent unidirectional to the WG chairs.

Note, currently there are 5 IPR disclosures against this document at https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/search/?submit=draft&id=draft-ietf-mpls-mna-hdr

This poll runs until October 8, 2024.

Thank you,
Tarek (for the MPLS WG co-chairs)