Extensions to IS-IS and OSPF for Advertising Optional Capabilities

[Acee Lindem <[e-mail]>]

This draft was presented at the 55th IETF OSPF WG. At the meeting,
it was concluded that more discussion was needed prior to deciding
whether or not to accept it as a WG document (and we're currently
trying to finish up at least some items on the charter before accepting
new items). At this time, I'd like to initiate that discussion.

[Speaking as WG member]

As one of the draft authors, I believe the draft is the natural way to
overcome the limitation that we have exhausted the available OSPFv2
LSA options bits. While we can't require existing OSPF features to
use this mechanism, it can be very useful for advertising support
of new features. OSPF PCS (Path Computation Server) discovery will be
the first of the new features using the mechanism.

[End Speaking as WG member]


http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-raggarwa-igp-cap-01.txt
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