On 2013 Oct 29 (Tue) at 17:44:51 +0200 (+0200), Gregory Edigarov wrote:
:On 10/28/2013 06:54 PM, Andy wrote:
:>Hi all,
:>
:>Would any of the esteemed OpenBSD developers be interested in adding support
for BFD (Bidirectional Forward Detection) to OpenBSD.
:>
:>The protocol itself seems pretty simple and provides a sub-second keep-alive
mechanism to monitor links for routes. E.g. Upon BFD failure BGP or OSPF can be
torn down etc thus allowing for sub-second re-convergence of i/eBGP!
:>
:>I can only offer a crate of beer to anyone who has the skills and is willing
:)
:>
:>'+1's welcome from others who would be interested to show signs of
support/interest..
:
:I still don't see how is this different from ifstated?
:You can use it to ping your neighbour then issue bgpctl neighbor
$your_fallen_neighbour down command.
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:With best regards,
: Gregory Edigarov
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A) It's at the router level
B) *they* also run it
C) This is at ultra-tiny MS resolution
D) Somebody got paid a bonus for the RFC
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