On Dec 4, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Pete Templin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/4/10 9:38 AM, M. V. wrote:
> 
>> as i said, RFC4271 says: router should send first KEEPALIVE when goes from
>> "OpenSent" to "OpenConfirm". then when first KEEPALIVE of its peer is 
>> recieved,
>> it goes to "Established" state, and starts its KeepAlive-Timer(default=60s). 
>>  so
>> the next (2nd so far) KEEPALIVE message has to be sent after 60 seconds.
>> but what i see is: routers send first KEEPALIVE when they go from "OpenSent" 
>> to
>> "OpenConfirm". and then send 1 or 2 (usually 2) KEEPALIVEs immediately after
>> they go to Established state.
>> plus,  RFC4271 says: "KEEPALIVE messages MUST NOT be sent more frequently 
>> than
>> one per second" which happens here. so, i wanted to know, why they behave 
>> like
>> this.
> 
> I see that you're "bored to death", but is it really essential to be the RFC 
> police on an operations list?
> 
> Is it breaking anything for you?
> 
> pt

This may be relevant if it causes issues with interoperability.       At least 
for those who purchase routers from more than one vendor.  

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