> I intended the latter, i.e. an interface used to transmit traffic in the > data plane
>> I know, I know, technically "network interface" has the same potential >> ambiguities, but I think there's enough history in that term that most >> people's first thought on seeing it is "thing that attaches a box into a >> particulr network" > > so where do virtual interfaces (e.g., supported via tunnels) fit in? IMHO, they should fit in along with normal interfaces --anything that's layer 3 on those interfaces can be configured. Forwarding information, however, should not be modeled on the interface, but rather in the RIB. I know there might be implementations that connect the forwarding information to the interface itself, but I'd see that as a special case of a VRF (with which you can associate specific interfaces), rather than actually trying to manage the forwarding plane on a per-interface basis. :-) Russ -- <>< [email protected] [email protected] _______________________________________________ i2rs mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i2rs
