Hi John,

[shared text] Ideally, i would like every BMP message type to have a (optional) 
TLV section, each with a own namespace. If the idea is shared, i’d look forward 
to see how to get there.

> On 15 Dec 2018, at 00:40, John Scudder <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> [ .. ]
> 
> One fix, I think the more expedient one, would be to request a new reason 
> code ("TBD3"), whose format includes both the content carried in reason 2, 
> and a VRF/Table Name. Then if you want to send the table name, you use the 
> new reason code.
> 
> An alternate fix, somewhat more involved but possibly useful in the long run, 
> would be to update RFC 7854 to permit Peer Down messages to carry additional 
> data beyond the reason code and its own associated data, and then to define 
> the format of that data. Probably the additional data would be TLVized. It 
> would obviously need to have a registry created for it.

If i get you correctly, updating RFC7854 is what would get to the ideal 
scenario above. I feel, for the reasons you explain, this is the kind of change 
that would require a version bump in order to make it clean. Perhaps a longer 
term plan, where we do also tackle the subject of TLV & Route Monitor message?

Although not going in the ideal direction, for shorter-term I was thinking 
about somewhat a mix of the two solutions you propose, to work as a Charon: use 
a new reason code (or perhaps two, one for local terminated session, one for 
remotely terminated session) since, as you said in your follow-up email, it is 
the more conservative and would give the most hope against what has been 
already coded. And make this/these new reason code(s) carry "additional data 
[that] would be TLVized. It would obviously need to have a registry created for 
it” so not to make all too “expedient” and revolving around the specifics of 
VRF/Table Name and draft-ietf-grow-bmp-local-rib. 

Paolo


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