On May 31, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Retana, Alvaro wrote:

> Acee:
>  
> OK…but deciding on what to do on a specific deployment without manually 
> configuring the router is not trivial.
>  
> As far as other parameters, the draft seems to specify fixed values which are 
> not specific to a deployment.

That's why interaction between configured and auto-configured routers doesn't 
seem like a likely deployment and using a reserved instance ID seems 
reasonable.  

Acee 



>  
> BTW, the draft reads “OSPFv3 interfaces MUST auto-configure the default 
> HelloInterval and RouterDeadInterval as specified in [OSPFV3].”..but rfc5340 
> doesn’t actually specify a default value, just provides examples:
>  
>    HelloInterval
>       The length of time, in seconds, between Hello packets that the
>       router sends on the interface.  This value is advertised in the
>       router's Hello packets.  It MUST be the same for all routers
>       attached to a common link.  The smaller the HelloInterval, the
>       faster topological changes will be detected.  However, more OSPF
>       routing protocol traffic will ensue.  Sample value for a X.25 PDN:
>       30 seconds.  Sample value for a local area network (LAN): 10
>       seconds.
>  
>    RouterDeadInterval
>       After ceasing to hear a router's Hello packets, the number of
>       seconds before its neighbors declare the router down.  This is
>       also advertised in the router's Hello packets in their
>       RouterDeadInterval field.  This should be some multiple of the
>       HelloInterval (e.g., 4).  This value again MUST be the same for
>       all routers attached to a common link.
>  
> Alvaro.
>  
> From: Acee Lindem [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 11:44 AM
> To: Retana, Alvaro
> Cc: OSPF List; Jari Arkko
> Subject: Re: New Version Notification for 
> draft-acee-ospf-ospfv3-autoconfig-02.txt
>  
>  
> On May 31, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Retana, Alvaro wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi!
>  
> My reason for the suggestion was that requiring a special instance ID (even 
> if well known) takes away from the auto-* properties by requiring other 
> routers to behave in a special way.  IOW, the use case of adding an 
> auto-configuration-capable router to an existing network would not be 
> possible w/out additional configuration and/or hacks.
>  
> I obviously like option #2. J
>  
> IMHO, option #3 is not good because it still requires the 
> auto-configuration-capable router to be configured beforehand…which is an 
> oxymoron!
>  
> This was not the intent of #3 - it was meant to allow an implementation to 
> decide dependent on the targeted deployments. Even without the reserved 
> instance ID, other parameters (area, hello, dead, etc) in the existing 
> network would need to use the auto-configured values. 
>  
> Thanks,
> Acee 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Alvaro.
>  
> From: Acee Lindem [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 4:19 PM
> To: OSPF List
> Cc: Jari Arkko; Retana, Alvaro
> Subject: Fwd: New Version Notification for 
> draft-acee-ospf-ospfv3-autoconfig-02.txt
>  
> Speaking as a Draft Author:
>  
> This version includes additions based on comments received at IETF 83. 
> Section 5.1 clarifies the detection of a neighbor with a duplicate Router-ID 
> to exclude the case where multiple router interfaces are connected to the 
> same link. Section 5.4 was added to mitigate the effects of a duplicate 
> OSPFv3 Router-ID in the OSPFv3 routing domain prior to duplicate Router-ID 
> resolution. 
>  
> Additionally, we received a suggestion from Alvaro Retana to not use an 
> reserved OSPFv3 instance ID for auto-configured routers. Rather, allow OSPFv3 
> auto-configured routers to use the default OSPFv3 instance ID and 
> automatically join an existing non-autoconfigured OSPFv3 routing domain. I 
> see three possible alternatives:
>  
>     1. Reject the suggestion. The alternate OSPFv3 instance ID was added 
> specifically to prevent this. 
>     2. Adopt the suggestion and remove the reserved instance ID. The security 
> considerations now recommend that implementation provide the capability to 
> configure a single key. 
>     3. Add an applicability statement indicating that an implementation MAY 
> use the default OSPFv3 instance if the network where the implementation is 
> deployed requires incorporation into an existing OSPFv3 network. 
>  
> Please provide your thoughts on this issue. 
>  
> Thanks,
> Acee
>  
>  
>  
>  
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> 
> 
> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Date: May 28, 2012 3:41:15 PM EDT
> To: Acee Lindem <[email protected]>
> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: New Version Notification for draft-acee-ospf-ospfv3-autoconfig-02.txt
>  
> A new version of I-D, draft-acee-ospf-ospfv3-autoconfig-02.txt has been 
> successfully submitted by Acee Lindem and posted to the IETF repository.
> 
> Filename:       draft-acee-ospf-ospfv3-autoconfig
> Revision:       02
> Title:              OSPFv3 Auto-Configuration
> Creation date:            2012-05-28
> WG ID:                     Individual Submission
> Number of pages: 14
> 
> Abstract:
>   OSPFv3 is a candidate for deployments in environments where auto-
>   configuration is a requirement.  One such environment is the IPv6
>   home network where users expect to simply plug in a router and have
>   it automatically use OSPFv3 for intra-domain routing.  This document
>   describes the necessary mechanisms for OSPFv3 to be self-configuring.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The IETF Secretariat
>  
>  

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