Re: some comment to draft-ietf-bfd-base-02.txt

[Dave Katz <[e-mail]>]

On Mar 25, 2005, at 8:41 PM, zhaisuping wrote:

> Dave2,
> In the draft-ietf-bfd-base-02.txt, 6.3. (Demultiplexing and the 
> Discriminator Fields), it reads as following,　　
>
>    The method of demultiplexing the initial packets (in which Your
>    Discriminator is zero) is application-dependent, and is thus outside
>    the scope of this specification.　　
>
> One problem is that when the two nodes running BFD session are belong 
> to different providers, So there should be some specification on the 
> interworking problem. I propose to add some general description about 
> this some like the following,
>
>    When use OSPF as the BFD bootstrap mechanism, the method fo 
> demutipexing the initail packets is......
>    When use IS-IS as the BFD bootstrap mechanism, the method fo 
> demutipexing the initail packets is......
>    When use MPLS-Ping as the BFD bootstrap mechanism, the method fo 
> demutipexing the initail packets is......
>
>    Or the common TLV can be defined to these mechanism to bootstrap 
> BFD session.
>
> So I don't know if this is appropriate to the BFD base draft?

This is all specified in the application drafts.

--Dave