Juliusz Chroboczek <[email protected]> writes: > Thanks, Ondrej. > >> Well, it is requirement of OSPF spec (RFC 2328). I could assume it could >> help for smoother key transitions when clocks are not perfectly synchronized. > > Ah, I see. > > OSPF only allows one key in the trailer, so it needs the ability to send > one key but accept many. Babel-MAC allows multiple keys in the trailer, > and that ability is therefore not required. > > Or am I missing something?
No, I think you're right. > I have no objection to keeping the ability, since it's pretty trivial to > implement. No objection to making it optional, since it's not > particularly useful in Babel-MAC. No objection to removing it altogether, > since it's good to avoid unnecessary features. Well, the Bird implementation (which I really should get around to finishing) is going to re-use the existing config syntax, so that is going to implement it in any case. I don't have any strong opinions as to what the spec should say, as long as it doesn't forbid such an option :) -Toke
