Is that a SHOULD or a MUST? From the text quoted below, I assume that it is a 
SHOULD.

                                          Ron


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dino Farinacci [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 5:47 PM
> To: Ronald Bonica
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [lisp] gleaned mappings
> 
> The spec says that gleanings are verified by sending a Map-Request to
> the mapping database system.
> 
> Dino
> 
> On Jul 22, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Ronald Bonica wrote:
> 
> > Folks,
> >
> > In Section 4.1 of the draft-ietf-lisp you say:
> >
> >   In order to defer the need for a mapping lookup in the reverse
> >   direction, an ETR MAY create a cache entry that maps the source EID
> >   (inner header source IP address) to the source RLOC (outer header
> >   source IP address) in a received LISP packet.  Such a cache entry
> is
> >   termed a "gleaned" mapping and only contains a single RLOC for the
> >   EID in question.  More complete information about additional RLOCs
> >   SHOULD be verified by sending a LISP Map-Request for that EID.
> Both
> >   ITR and the ETR may also influence the decision the other makes in
> >   selecting an RLOC.  See Section 6 for more details.
> >
> > Has anyone thought through the security implications and possible
> unexpected side effects of these "gleaned" mappings?
> >
> >                                           Ron
> >
> >
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