Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval

[Acee Lindem <[e-mail]>]

Hi Vishwas,

Manral, Vishwas wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Some similar thoughts.
>
> 1. RFC2328 says that: -
>
>     InfTransDelay
>         The estimated number of seconds it takes to transmit a Link
>         State Update Packet over this interface.  LSAs contained in the
>         Link State Update packet will have their age incremented by this
>         amount before transmission.  This value should take into account
>         transmission and propagation delays; it must be greater than
>         zero.
>
> MIB allows it to be 0.
>
>    ospfIfTransitDelay OBJECT-TYPE
>          SYNTAX       UpToMaxAge
>          MAX-ACCESS   read-create
>          STATUS       current
>          DESCRIPTION
>             "The estimated number of seconds it takes to
>             transmit a link state update packet over this
>             interface."
>          DEFVAL { 1 }
>          ::= { ospfIfEntry 7 }
>
> 2. Also what would a value of 0 for RestartInterval mean. Though it would
> not create a problem.
>
> 3. Besides what would a value greater than 1800 mean for
> RetransmitInterval(no problem caused by it though). May be the limit could
> be RefreshInterval.
>
> I will change these in the OSPFv3 MIB atleast.

Sounds good - we should definitely fix these.


>
> Thanks,
> Vishwas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schrodi Karl [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 13:33
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: AW: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval
>
>
> Hi Acee,
>
> I fully understand that retransmission is mandatory - but does it really
> make sense to have a retransmission interval of zero? Wouldn´t it be like
> some kind of a DoS attack against yourself and your neighbour(s)?
>
> Well, probably nobody reasonably will set this interval to zero - but ...
>
> I would prefer something like the previous proposal of Vishwas, i.e. putting
> a limitation in the object description in the MIB.
>
> Regards
> Karl
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Acee Lindem [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2003 19:03
> An: [e-mail]
> Betreff: Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval
>
>
> Eric Gray wrote:
>
>>Acee,
>>
>>    Why would it be wrong to set a retransmit interval to zero?  Usually,
>>setting a retransmit interval to zero would have the special meaning that
>>retransmission does not occur (i.e. - the interval is infinite).  Is that
>
> not
>
>>an intended meaning in this case?
>
>
> Nope - not retransmitting would make the flooding unreliable and
> would violate the base protocol specification (RFC 2328).
>
>
>>Acee Lindem wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Manral, Vishwas wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Acee,
>>>>
>>>>If we do not intend to define new variables, we may want to at least put
>>>
> the
>
>>>>limitation of 0, in the object description in the MIB.
>>>
>>>Hi Vishwas,
>>>
>>>That sounds like a good idea since any implementation that allows
>>>write access to set the variables to 0 is broken.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Acee
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Vishwas
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Acee Lindem [mailto:[e-mail]]
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 18:16
>>>>To: [e-mail]
>>>>Subject: Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hi Dan,
>>>>
>>>>Daniel Joyal wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>You're not allowed to change the syntax unless
>>>>>it's equivalent to the old syntax.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Even if the old syntax doesn't match the protocol
>>>>specification?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>So in this
>>>>>case, we would need to deprecate/obsolete.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Then I don't think it is worth defining
>>>>new MIB variables given that ospfIfTransitDelay,
>>>>ospfIfRetransInterval, ospfVirtIfTransitDelay, and
>>>>ospfVirtIfRetransInterval have served us thus far.
>>>>
>>>>Other opinions are welcome.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Acee
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-Dan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: Acee Lindem [mailto:[e-mail]]
>>>>>>Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:35 PM
>>>>>>To: Mailing List; Joyal, Daniel [BL60:NP30:EXCH]
>>>>>>Subject: Re: Zero as ospfIfRetransInterval
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Igor Miroshnik wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Can anybody clarify the physical sense of assigning
>>>>>>>ospfIfRetransInterval to zero? RFC1850 allows such an assignment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I believe UpToMaxAge should range from 1..3600 rather than 0..3600.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Dan - can we change this in the MIB update without
>>>>>>deprecating variables?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Acee
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Acee
>>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Acee
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Acee
>


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