Hi Rob,

We have posted a further update:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-lsr-ospf-reverse-metric-11

Please let us know if further updates or clarifications are needed to
address your DISCUSS and comments.

Thanks,
Ketan


On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 8:32 PM Ketan Talaulikar <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> We've posted an update to include the changes discussed below:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-lsr-ospf-reverse-metric-10
>
> Thanks,
> Ketan
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 5:28 PM Ketan Talaulikar <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> Thanks for your review and comments/suggestions. Please check inline
>> below for responses.
>>
>> Will update these changes (and further changes, if required) in the next
>> version once we conclude.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 4:20 PM Robert Wilton via Datatracker <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Robert Wilton has entered the following ballot position for
>>> draft-ietf-lsr-ospf-reverse-metric-09: Discuss
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> DISCUSS:
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Thanks for this document.
>>>
>>> I support Alvaro's discuss.  Having read Alvaro's discuss after writing
>>> my
>>> ballot comments it seems to be some what closely related, but I am also
>>> balloting discuss because I find the operational guidelines to be
>>> unclear.
>>>
>>> (1) p 8, sec 7.  Operational Guidelines
>>>
>>>    Implementations MUST NOT signal reverse metric to neighbors by
>>>    default and MUST provide a configuration option to enable the
>>>    signaling of reverse metric on specific links.  Implementations
>>>    SHOULD NOT accept the RM from its neighbors by default and SHOULD
>>>    provide a configuration option to enable the acceptance of the RM
>>>    from neighbors on specific links.  This is to safeguard against
>>>    inadvertent use of RM.
>>>
>>> I'm not really sure that I properly understand how this feature works
>>> from a
>>> manageability perspective.  Particularly for your first use case, when
>>> considering that the proposal is for per link configuration for the
>>> acceptance
>>> of RM from neighbours.  This would seem to suggest that before you can
>>> make use
>>> of reverse-metric you have to already have determined the links on the
>>> affected
>>> devices to then configure them to accept the reverse-metrics, at which
>>> point,
>>> doesn't this partially defeat the use case?
>>
>>
>> KT> If the operator is using this feature, then it needs to be enabled
>> first. This is a one-time/initial config.
>>
>>
>>> Or is the main goal to simplify
>>> the coordination of changing the metric at both ends of the link at the
>>> same
>>> time?
>>>
>>
>> KT> Correct. The advertisement of reverse metric is applied/triggered on
>> the sending side on-need basis.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Or is the intention that during the maintenance window the operators
>>> would
>>> enable the "allow receipt of reverse-metrics" on all links within, say,
>>> an
>>> area?  If so, would hierarchical device and area specific configuration
>>> be more
>>> appropriate?  E.g., allow it to be enabled/disbaled on individual links,
>>> but
>>> also allow more coarse grained configuration.
>>>
>>
>> KT> I would expect the feature enablement (specifically the receiving
>> part) to be on multiple hierarchical levels (instance/area/link). The RM
>> value config for sending is on the link, but for some use cases, it would
>> perhaps be also hierarchical.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Not as an update for this document, but I am assuming that the LSR
>>> working
>>> group with eventually update or augment the OSPF YANG module with
>>> standard
>>> configuration to support this feature.
>>>
>>
>> KT> Ack. Will include the same reference and text that we have discussed
>> for the OSPF L2 bundles draft.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> (2) p 8, sec 7.  Operational Guidelines
>>>
>>>    For the use case in Section 2.1, it is RECOMMENDED that the network
>>>    operator limits the period of enablement of the reverse metric
>>>    mechanism to be only the duration of a network maintenance window.
>>>
>>> Presumably this isn't feasible when the CE is not managed by the
>>> provider?
>>
>>
>> KT> Correct.
>>
>>
>>>   In
>>> this scenario, is the expectation that the configuration to accept
>>> reverse-metrics would just be left always enabled on the CE device?
>>
>>
>> KT> Correct.
>>
>>
>>> Is this a
>>> security concern?
>>>
>>
>> KT> Not sure. If it was left enabled, then it was because the use case
>> warranted it. We also have the log/alert recommended so this can be
>> monitored/reported on the CE device.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ketan
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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