HI Peter,

Cool. So can you a bit reword this section 4 to make it clear ?

Thx,
R.

On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM Peter Psenak <[email protected]> wrote:

> Robert,
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> On 23/04/2025 00:44, Robert Raszuk wrote:
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> All,
>
> I have one more question in respect to the text in the draft ...
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> *4.  Generation of the UPA    UPA MAY be generated by the ABR or ASBR that
> is performing the    summarization, when all of the following conditions
> are met:       - reachability of a prefix that was reachable earlier was
> lost       - a summary address which covers the prefix is being advertised
> by       the ABR/ASBR*
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> So with the above text in mind would we advertise UPA when:
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> A) Operator manually sets overload bit on an egress PE ? (Technically the
> node is still reachable)
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> B) Operator manually forces to advertise within L1 max metric for its
> router-LSA ? (Technically the node is still reachable)
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> In both cases the second condition is met - summary covers the egress node
> of the sare L1 or non 0 area.
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> My reading of section 4 leads me to believe that the answer to both (A)
> and (B) questions is "no" - and that would be perhaps something worth
> revisiting.
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> yes, UPA would be advertised. The point is that you want the ingress PE to
> reroute if there is an alternative egress PE that can reach BGP prefix
> located behind the PE where (A) or (B) was done.
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> thanks,
> Peter
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> Thx,
> Robert
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> On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM Robert Raszuk <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hi Les,
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>> Let's open a bit of imagination and assume one day we progress
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-lsr-isis-extended-hierarchy-06
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>> Do you think this is wise to blast UPAs everywhere in all 8 levels
>> when perhaps it is needed only on a few egress nodes sitting in one
>> specific area of say level 4 ?
>>
>> I do understand your statement that since we are creating summaries we
>> are the problem and need to fix it but let's not forget that summaries are
>> created by operators and such operators can use other tools to signal holes
>> in them. Both droid and bgp based models have been discussed yet UPA is
>> being pushed.
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>> It seems that UPAs are example of very good marketing skills :).
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>> Cheers,
>> Robert
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>> On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) <ginsberg=
>> [email protected]> wrote:
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>>> I support progression of the UPA draft.
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>>>
>>> It leverages an existing mechanism in the protocols to provide needed
>>> functionality - which has been proven viable by multiple implementations.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As I have commented in the past, I do wish the definition of the flags
>>> was modified so they were not mutually exclusive. This model leads to the
>>> inability to add additional related flags in the future without creating a
>>> backwards compatibility issue.
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>>> Regarding concerns expressed by other WG members as to the
>>> appropriateness and scalability of the mechanism defined here:
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>>> I think the draft is careful in defining how the mechanism should be
>>> used so
>>>
>>> as to avoid scalability issues. I also think no one has offered an
>>> alternative which is more scalable.
>>>
>>> Given IGPs already advertise reachability, summaries, and
>>> unreachability, this mechanism is clearly an appropriate use of the IGPs.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     Les
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Yingzhen Qu <[email protected]>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2025 11:13 AM
>>> *To:* lsr <[email protected]>; lsr-chairs <[email protected]>
>>> *Subject:* [Lsr] WG Last Call for
>>> draft-ietf-lsr-igp-ureach-prefix-announce (4/17/2025 - 5/2/2025)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This email begins a 2 week WG Last Call for the following draft:
>>>
>>> IGP Unreachable Prefix Announcement
>>>
>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lsr-igp-ureach-prefix-announce/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please review the document and indicate your support or objections by May 
>>> 2nd, 2025.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Authors and contributors,
>>>
>>> Please indicate to the list your knowledge of any IPR related to this work.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Yingzhen
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