Re: [OSPF] WG Adoption Poll for "OSPF LLS Extensions for Local Interface ID Advertisement"

["Les Ginsberg (ginsberg)" <[e-mail]>]

Tony –

It is known that link identifiers are useful even in cases of numbered links e.g. some telemetry applications prefer to use link identifiers to identify all links (numbered and unnumbered).
So I share Acee’s expectations.

   Les


From: OSPF [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Acee Lindem (acee)
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2017 10:04 AM
To: prz
Cc: OSPF WG List
Subject: Re: [OSPF] WG Adoption Poll for "OSPF LLS Extensions for Local Interface ID Advertisement"

Hi Tony,

I’ll have to discuss with the authors - but my impression is that this would not be limited to unnumbered links.  My understanding is that the repurposing of link–local OSPF TE LSAs is only done on unnumbered links so that would be the main focus of the backward compatibility discussion.

Thanks,
Acee

From: prz <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Date: Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 12:58 PM
To: Acee Lindem <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Cc: OSPF WG List <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Subject: Re: [OSPF] WG Adoption Poll for "OSPF LLS Extensions for Local Interface ID Advertisement"


Hey Acee,

1. looking fwd to read the revision with backwards compatibility section and definition which Hello FSM states the extension applies to

2. I try to read what you say carefully but please clarify: there's nothing in rfc5613 that prevents LLC on any link so do you mean, you suggest  to use this TLV on unnumbered links _only_?  Or do you suggest that RFC3630 implies somehow that LS TE LSAs are used on unnumbered links _only_? If so, I don't see anything in the RFC to this effect ...

--- tony



On Fri, 5 May 2017 15:14:30 +0000, "Acee Lindem (acee)" <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
Hi Tony,
The authors will cover this in the next revision. Based on discussions, the usage of link-scoped TE LSAs is limited to unnumbered point-to-point links. If this is the case, the backward compatibility is much simpler than the other discussions we’ve been having.
Thanks,
Acee
From: prz <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 at 11:09 AM
To: Acee Lindem <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Cc: OSPF WG List <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Subject: Re: [OSPF] WG Adoption Poll for "OSPF LLS Extensions for Local Interface ID Advertisement"

Not sure it made it from my other address so rtx to the list ...

A conditional against here ...
I am fine with adoption if I see a version that spells the detailed behavior and especially interactions between RFC4302 and this draft in a detailed section, i.e. both on, RFC4302 gets configured/unconfigured, are the LLS extensions advertised on every hello or just until a specific state (like ISIS padding thingies) and so on ...
I'd rather have this now than a LC discussion ...
The idea is deceptively simple but it is a redundant mechanism and those always end causing inter-op problems unless cleanly spelled out ...
--- tony