Re: [v6ops] draft-elkins-6man-ipv6-diagnostic-header (Was: draft minutes ietf 81, 3 meetings...)

Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com> Mon, 15 August 2011 17:14 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] draft-elkins-6man-ipv6-diagnostic-header (Was: draft minutes ietf 81, 3 meetings...)
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On Aug 15, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Shane Amante wrote:

>> 1.  What if BGP is not being used?
> 
> Turn it on?

I don't think her question relates to how to turn it on. I think her question relates to the fact that it is not universally needed. BGP is used in inter-corporate networks including ISP-ISP and ISP-customer; it is less commonly used within enterprise and especially data center networks. So when it is not in use, ...