Re: [mpls] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draft-ietf-mpls-residence-time-14: (with COMMENT)
Greg Mirsky <gregimirsky@gmail.com> Mon, 06 March 2017 22:58 UTC
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Subject: Re: [mpls] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draft-ietf-mpls-residence-time-14: (with COMMENT)
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Hi Mirja, we use sub-TLV in Figure 2 as future proofing approach in case someone may need to define different sub-TLV that MUST precede the PTP packet. Would you agree that it is reasonable design choice? Regards, Greg On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Mirja Kuehlewind (IETF) < ietf@kuehlewind.net> wrote: > Hi Greg, > > two quick replies below. > > Mirja > > > Am 03.03.2017 um 20:10 schrieb Greg Mirsky <gregimirsky@gmail.com>: > > > > Hi Mirja, > > thank you for your comments and very helpful discussion. My notes > in-lined and now tagged with GIM2>> > > > > Regards, > > Greg > > > > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 1:46 AM, Mirja Kuehlewind (IETF) < > ietf@kuehlewind.net> wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > > see inline. > > > > Mirja > > > > > > > Am 03.03.2017 um 03:47 schrieb Greg Mirsky <gregimirsky@gmail.com>: > > > > > > Hi Mirja, > > > thank your for the review and the comments, most helpful. > > > Please find my answers in-line tagged GIM>>. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Greg > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Mirja Kühlewind <ietf@kuehlewind.net> > wrote: > > > Mirja Kühlewind has entered the following ballot position for > > > draft-ietf-mpls-residence-time-14: No Objection > > > > > > When responding, please keep the subject line intact and reply to all > > > email addresses included in the To and CC lines. (Feel free to cut this > > > introductory paragraph, however.) > > > > > > > > > Please refer to https://www.ietf.org/iesg/statement/discuss-criteria. > html > > > for more information about IESG DISCUSS and COMMENT positions. > > > > > > > > > The document, along with other ballot positions, can be found here: > > > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mpls-residence-time/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > COMMENT: > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > High level comment: > > > Maybe extend the security section a bit and describe what can happen in > > > the worse case if the value has been modified to a too high or too low > > > value; and maybe even given some guidance on performing additional > checks > > > to figure out if a given value is reasonable for a given path or not. > > > > > > Questions: > > > - Can you explain why PTPType, Port ID, and Sequence ID are needed in > the > > > PTP Sub-TLV format if those values are already in the PTP packet itself > > > that follows? > > > GIM>> We propose to copy these values as they uniquely identify PTP > control message as these are required for two-step mode and suggesting > inspection of the PTP payload would cause layer violation. > > > > I see. Maybe add a sentence that these field are use to identify the > packet. However, when you copy them, you also have to inspect the payload > and that’s the same layer violation. Also not sure if duplicating > information in the packet is the best approach. Why don’t use just add an > own identifier to the packet instead? > > GIM2>> Will the following, when added at the very end of Section 3.1, > work: > > Tuple of PTPType, Port ID, and Sequence ID uniquely identifies PTP > > control packet encapsulated in RTM message and are used in two-step > > RTM mode Section 2.1.1. > > > > GIM2>> The RTM message created by egress or the first on the LSP > two-step RTM node. Thus other RTM nodes don't need to look into PTP control > message but use the PTP sub-TLV. Creating new identifier is certainly an > alternative but I believe that will require more state coordination between > LERs on the same RTM LSP. Re-using existing characteristic information, in > my view, is simpler solution. > > Yes the new text helps. I don’t see why there is any more coordination > needed if you use an identifier. If you are in two-step mode, you simply > remember the identifier of the packet that you use to measurement together > with your measurement and wait for the next packet with the same > identifier. I don’t think that’s any different than using the PTP > information as identifier. Anyway that’s not an big issue. > > > > > > > > > - Why is it necessary to define PTP sub-TLV (and have a registry for > one > > > value only)? Are you expecting to see more values here? What would > those > > > values be? > > > GIM>> We may have another protocols or applications to use RTM and > these the most likely will have their specific set of parameters to > uniquely identify control session for two-step mode. One obvious case would > be NTP when on-path support is defined. But since we don't know which > parameters will uniquely identify cotrol session we don't request code > point allocation. > > > > My understanding was that a new protocol would be a different RTM TLV in > the registry in section 7.2. That’s fine. I don’t understand why your PTP > sub-TLV needs ANOTHER TLV scheme: figure 2 and registry in sec 7.3. > > GIM2>> RTM TLV differentiates between different encapsulation types, > e.g. Ethernet, IPv4 or IPv6 but sub-TLV doesn't have to. Do you see this as > a problem? > > I still don’t fully understand this. You can use the same sub-TLV even if > that sub-TLV is not extensible. All I’m saying is that I don’t understand > why the sub-TLV in figure 2 has again a type and a value. I don’t think > those two field are needed. > > > > > > - Similar to Spencer's question: Why don't you also define a Sub-TLV > > > format for NTP? > > > GIM>>Hope that above answer addresses this question. > > > > Actually not really. Why don’t you know which parameters to use? > > > > > - sec 4.3: "RTM (capability) - is a three-bit long bit-map field with > > > values > > > defined as follows: > > > * 0b001..." > > > Maybe I don't understand what a bit-map field is here but these are > > > more then 3 bits...? > > > GIM>> '0b' identifies binary format as '0x' identifies hexadecimal > format of notation. > > Ah sorry, fully overview that. > > > > > - also sec 4.3.: "Value contains variable number of bit-map fields so > > > that overall > > > number of bits in the fields equals Length * 8." > > > However there is no field 'Value' in the figure... > > > GIM>> Thank you for pointing. I'll update Figure 4 and Figure 5 to add > Value tag on the field immediately following RTM field. > > > > There are more questions here: > > > > > Also the following > > > explanation about future bit-maps is really confusing to me; why don't > > > you just say that the rest as indicated by the length field must be > > > padded with zeros...? > > GIM2>> The description follows RFC 7794 Section 2.1 > > > - Should section 4.8 maybe be a subsection of 4.7? This part confused > me > > > a bit because the example seems to be generic but the rest is RSVP-TE > > > specific, right? Maybe move the example as a separate section before or > > > after the whole section 4...? > > GIM2>> Thank you, I agree it is more logical flow. With the change > suggested by Ben it will look like this: > > 4. Control Plane Theory of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 > > 4.1. RTM Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 > > 4.2. RTM Capability Sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 > > 4.3. RTM Capability Advertisement in Routing Protocols . . . . 11 > > 4.3.1. RTM Capability Advertisement in OSPFv2 . . . . . . . 11 > > 4.3.2. RTM Capability Advertisement in OSPFv3 . . . . . . . 13 > > 4.3.3. RTM Capability Advertisement in IS-IS . . . . . . . . 13 > > 4.3.4. RTM Capability Advertisement in BGP-LS . . . . . . . 13 > > 4.4. RSVP-TE Control Plane Operation to Support RTM . . . . . 14 > > 4.4.1. RTM_SET TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 > > > > > > > > Nits: > > > - Maybe change to title to: Residence Time Measurement (RTM) in MPLS > > > network > > > - There are (still) some not spelled out abbreviations (LDP, PW); > > > GIM>> Since both are used only once - expanded > > > in turn > > > others are extended twice (e.g. PTP)... > > > GIM>> Cleaned. > > > - In figure 1, I would rename 'Value' to 'Sub-TLV' and maybe also > > > indicate it as optional in the figure: Sub-TLV (optional) > > > GIM>> Agree > > > > > > > > >
- [mpls] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draft-ie… Mirja Kühlewind
- Re: [mpls] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draf… Greg Mirsky
- Re: [mpls] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draf… Mirja Kuehlewind (IETF)
- Re: [mpls] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draf… Greg Mirsky
- Re: [mpls] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draf… Mirja Kuehlewind (IETF)
- Re: [mpls] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draf… Greg Mirsky
- Re: [mpls] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draf… Mirja Kühlewind
- Re: [mpls] Mirja Kühlewind's No Objection on draf… Greg Mirsky