On Apr 13, 2012, at 11:27 AM, Rob Shakir wrote:

>   It is therefore a requirement that within this reduced-impact
>   procedure any subsequent UPDATE messages that would result in further
>   session resets are ignored. 


Hi,

This may be a nit, but I think it's important to recall that UPDATE messages 
include withdrawn routes.  These MUST NOT be ignored by the receiver.  Doing so 
will simply result in forwarding loops or black holes.

Perhaps this should at least be wordsmithed into something like 'ignore any 
reachability information in an UPDATE message, while processing the withdrawn 
routes in that same UPDATE message'.




Independently of that, I think that trying to maintain a session in the face of 
multiple errors is a clear waste of time and effort on all parties.  At some 
point, there is more effort and complexity spent on error recovery than on 
correct transmission, and that's just backwards.  I support the suggestion of 
binary exponential back off on session restarts.

Regards,
Tony

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