http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-idr-operational-message-00

On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 10:24 PM, Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <> wrote:

> I completely agree with the need to send as much root-cause info as
> possible. I think that the user (i.e. admin of the router receiving
> wrecked BGP-4 updates) has to be informed. But I also think it would
> not do any harm to inform the neighbour causing the crash (à la "you
> killed me with this packet!!!"). This information has to be used to
> inform (via trap, log, etc.) the admin of the router causing the
> damage, so that he takes action ASAP.
> 
> My .2 cents,
> /Pedro A. Aranda
> 
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:05 PM, George, Wes
> <[email protected]> wrote: 
>> I've read this draft and I think it is useful and ready to proceed.
>> Two minor comments:
>> 
>> In section 4, it may be useful to specifically note the need for a
>> flag, trap, or other notification method (to the user, rather than
>> to the neighbor) to identify when BGP is in the process of
>> recovering RIB consistency, including which routes are considered
>> inconsistent (if this info is available). While section 6 discusses
>> the need for more information about the state of BGP when it is
>> recovering from these errors, I saw no reference to this specific
>> item. Since this is likely to be a transient state, it is also
>> helpful to log this information to aid in root cause analysis of
>> transient problems.         
-- 
Jakob Heitz.
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