Dear db-wg community,
Please find below the problem definition for the (upcoming) NWI-12 item as we
have discussed it and envisioned it for this project.
Problem definition:
Back on October 2019 during the RIPE 79 meeting in Rotterdam, we discussed
about the need to move forward with a next generation of NRTM service. Upon
the completion of NWI-9 and the lifting of the legal restrictions, we can now
proceed to design the new solution. As we discussed preciously, the version 3
of the current NRTM solution is not suitable anymore for network operations on
2020. A summary of the reasons are:
-Is a Telnet based protocol, thus:
• No keep alive mechanism is adopted,
• It provides plain text/unencrypted transport of data
-The bootstrap process is not always trivial and sometimes is slow
-Long time synchronisation is complicated and users need to re-synchronise
after a couple of weeks.
-No well specified protocol (There is just a PDF doc that describes it)
For all the reasons above (and reasons that we might have not think about yet
but you are welcome to share), it becomes a necessity for the community to
proceed with a new implementation that will be easily adopted by modern tools
and last for the years to come.
I hope the above text is sufficient for the db-wg chairs to kick off the
process and the community to share its feedback.
Best regards,
Stavros Konstantaras | Sr. Network Engineer | AMS-IX
M +31 (0) 620 89 51 04 | T +31 20 305 8999
ams-ix.net
