Hi Adrian, vishal and all,

> Hi Vishal,
> 
>> I have a doubt regarding the opposition I heard your opposition to the
>> introduction of a new Link type (Inter-AS link) field.
> 
> So, the reason why a separate link type was proposed was a suggestion to 
> help the other nodes (also legacy nodes) in the rest of the network. We 
> wanted to allow a distinction to be made between inter-AS TE links and 
> intra-AS TE links. (Note also that the intra-AS links may have normal IGP 
> advertisements, but the inter-AS links are only advertised as TE links.)
> 
> But, I think we are happy to be guided by the OSPF WG on this.

Yes, agree.

> 
> If the WG feels that we should use the same link type, that will be fine. 
> But if the WG feels we should use a separate link type or doesn't care, we 
> should use a different link type.
> 
>> I know of CSPF implementations that do a two way check before we can
>> use a link for CSPF. In the Inter-AS case, there will not be such a
>> case. Will that not mean that even when a router is down and its LSA
>> exist, we will still use the links for SPF?
> 
> Something that has been missed, I think, and was raised by John Drake in the 
> meeting, is that we need to advertise both directions of the inter-AS TE 
> link. That actually means that the local ASBR is going to do a "proxy" 
> advertisement.
> 

Yes, this will be added in the next revision.

>> I also overheard Dave Ward comment that such information could also be
>> useful in case of  OAM too.
> 
> Thanks,
> Adrian 
> 

Best regards,
Mach

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