Re: [spring] Error Handling for BGP-LS with Segment Routing

2018-12-18 Thread Robert Raszuk
Hi Alvaro, What comes as #1 question to your points is a comparison of SR controller with regular BGP RR. I think it is safe to assume that error handling on SR controller would be no more aggressive then on RRs. So if there is error the updates may be dropped on the RRs itself, logged and

Re: [spring] Error Handling for BGP-LS with Segment Routing

2018-12-18 Thread bruno.decraene
Alvaro, Speaking as an individual IDR contributor, Interesting discussion. But error handling in routing is a difficult topic and sometimes a controversial one. > Thoughts/ideas/comments? 1) shouldn’t BGP-LS error handling be also discussed in the LSVR WG?

[spring] Error Handling for BGP-LS with Segment Routing

2018-12-18 Thread Alvaro Retana
Dear idr and spring WGs: tl;dr I don't think that BGP-LS, with error handling as specified ("attribute discard"), can provide the robustness that an application (like SR), with direct impact on the forwarding in the network, needs. [Jump to the bottom for discussion.] The BGP-LS extensions