On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Jeffrey Haas <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 05:23:38PM +0100, Job Snijders wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 01, 2016 at 11:07:19AM -0400, Jeffrey Haas wrote:
> > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 05:10:01PM +0100, Job Snijders wrote:
> > > > NEW2:
> > > >     "Software MUST discard any routes from an EBGP peer, if no import
> > > >     policy was configured."
> > >
> > > I rather object to NEW2 and, if included, withdraw any support of this
> > > draft.
> > >
> > > A fundamental issue with this behavior is that it dumps routes that
> > > would have to be recovered via expensive refresh.
> >
> > Am I correct to understand that the word 'discard' has very specific
> > meaning in this context? Does "discard" mean "forbidden to store in
> > memory"?
>
> Discard traditionally means "to throw away".  To put into familiar context,
> "keep none" with policy reject.
>
> If you're just looking for "you can't use this without import policy
> specified", you want something along the lines of:
>
> In the absence of configured import policy, BGP routes are ineligible for
> route selection. (RFC 4271, section 9.1.1.)
>

This wording is consistent with what I want to have happen.

(Fixing language in other IDs/RFCs is work for another day.)

I cannot think of a better way of wording it, so my opinion is, "adopt this
language".

Support, BTW.

BRian
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