+1

I can see reasons for having shared sub-layer for routing protocol and prefix 
distribution protocol. As example, in MANET we have such already: RFC 5444 and 
5498. If we define a set of TLVs for border router information and prefix 
distribution, it can run on whatever routing protocol. Don't forget BGP.

For Homenet plug&play, I don't suggest to let configure grandma her favorite 
IGP ;)

Teco


Op 31 jan. 2014, om 09:37 heeft Mikael Abrahamsson <[email protected]> het 
volgende geschreven:

> On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Lorenzo Colitti wrote:
> 
>> If the routing protocol and the prefix distribution protocol are separate, 
>> then they can end up with different ideas on what prefix is on a given link. 
>> That will lead to blackholing.
> 
> I don't agree.
> 
> I think a valid approach is to have a separate protocol set the address on an 
> interface which is then picked up by the routing protocol and redistributed 
> just like if it was manually configured.
> 
> Routing protocol deamons normally don't set interface IP addresses, they 
> carry de-facto information they get from other places and the only thing they 
> update is the RIB/FIB in the machine.
> 
> So to continue this, even carrying service discovery information leads to new 
> information flow in that the routing protocol now needs to update a service 
> discovery "Information Base". At least this is less intrusive than having it 
> set interface IP addresses.
> 
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