Re: OSPF WG Charter Proposal

["Manral, Vishwas" <[e-mail]>]

Hi Dave,

   b) I think we have made it clear that we do not intend to fiddle with the
   protocol in the normal case, that is why we have not followed an approach
of
   basing the flooding on RTT unlike some other protocols.

> Actually, flooding based on RTT can certainly be done without
> "fiddling with the protocol" (assuming that you mean a normative change.)
>  As long as the packets look right, you can do a whole lot without
> torquing the standard.

I agree and we did ponder over this approach. However from a previous note
of urs, such failures are non-linear, and using the average RTT's prevents
it from responding appropriately to such non-linear storms. Besides there
are some other issues, I could discuss with you if you think the approach is
worth pursuing.

Thanks,
Vishwas