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Re: OSPFv2 Opaque LSAs in OSPFv3

Alex Zinin <zinin@PSG.COM> Tue, 08 October 2002 01:12 UTC

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Subject: Re: OSPFv2 Opaque LSAs in OSPFv3
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Kireeti,

  Hard to talk without seeing the draft, but what problem
  is it trying to address? I mean, we already have a more
  generic "opaque"-like mechanism in OSPFv3, why is it not
  enough?

--
Alex

Monday, October 07, 2002, 5:18:03 PM, Kireeti Kompella wrote:
> Hi All,

> I've just posted draft-kompella-ospf-opaquev2-00.txt that takes
> six pages to say "if you see an OSPF v3 LSA with Function Code 10,
> treat it as you would an OSPF v2 Opaque LSA".

> Comments actively solicited, at least until the negative ones roll in :-)
> The main goal is code reuse between v2 and v3; if that isn't achieved,
> I'd be interested in knowing why, and how it might be fixed.

> Kireeti.
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