Re: status of RFC 2154

Acee Lindem <acee@CISCO.COM> Fri, 22 April 2005 15:15 UTC

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Subject: Re: status of RFC 2154
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Hi Deepak,

Deepak Dandekar wrote:

>Hello,
>I tried searching for this RFC on the OSPF charter, but didn't find
>any information.
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It is an experimental RFC that went through a different process than 
standards track
WG documents. Another example would be RFC 2676.


>Is there any vendor who has implemented this RFC? 
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I don't know of any commercial implementations. However, I haven't
looked too hard either.

>Is there any need to
>implement this RFC??
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>
I wouldn't think so. However, I'm somewhat biased since I don't really
think this is a good idea. I certainly don't want to quell any innovation.

Hope this helps,
Acee



>Appreciate your help.
>
>thanks,
>deepak.
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