Re: [pim] draft-ietf-pim-bfd-p2mp-use-case WGLC

Yes/support

Cheers,
Jeff
On Nov 24, 2020, 11:33 AM -0800, Stig Venaas <stig@venaas.com>, wrote:
> Hi
>
> Apologies for being a bit behind the deadline, I have a few WGLC comments.
>
> I believe the document is nearly ready for publication. I just have a
> few minor comments that I think should be considered. Although my
> comments may seem lengthy, I think it might just be a matter of adding
> a few sentences.
>
> In the intro where p2p BFD is mentioned, I think it would be good to
> mention that there are PIM-SM implementations making use of p2p BFD,
> and then maybe point out why p2mp BFD is better suited for this. I see
> you mention that p2mp BFD precisely characterizes the pim deployment
> scenario, and I agree with that, but maybe could add more details why
> p2mp is better. I think this is important as it will indicate why
> existing pim BFD implementations should move to p2mp BFD.
>
> Typo here:
> p2mp: Pont-to-Multipoint
>
> A few comments on section 3.1.
>
> I imagine there could be some confusion whether the BFD TLV applies to
> regular BFD or only p2mp BFD. Can you clarify this?
>
> If I read this correctly, any PIM router can be configured to use p2mp
> and one doesn't need to be BDR or DR to use this. Perhaps it is good
> to add a sentence saying that any PIM-SM router may announce the BFD
> TLV, and other PIM-SM routers MAY monitor it. Basically, even though
> the section name is about DR/BDR monitoring, it can also be used to
> monitor other neighbors. I think it is good to include this, as this
> is done by BFD implementations today. I can imagine that there will be
> other use-cases now or in the future, for monitoring neighbors that
> are not DR/BDR.
>
> Security considerations:
> Is it worth stating how this relates to PIM authentication? If PIM-SM
> is configured to require neighbors to be authenticated, then this
> would only apply to authenticated neighbors. It looks like p2mp BFD
> also has its own authentication mechanism? Should that be considered
> used for PIM? Is there value in doing that if PIM authentication is
> used?
>
> Regards,
> Stig
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 1:10 PM Michael McBride
> <michael.mcbride@futurewei.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello people of pim,
> >
> >
> >
> > Today begins a two week wglc of https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-pim-bfd-p2mp-use-case-04.
> >
> >
> >
> > Please share your opinions on the readiness of this draft to be sent to the iesg.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > mike
> >
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