On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 5:41 AM, Sriram, Kotikalapudi
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Jeff.
> One more clarification request:
> What do you mean when you say  "first non-sequence AS"?
> Example:
> AS path :  ASN3 ASN2 ASN1 [ASN25, ASN26]  AGGREGATOR: AS1
> Here [ASN25, ASN26] is the AS_SET.

<asking dumb question>
so, a the mic I thought Jeff also said that ASN25, ASN26 was
explicitly unordered in the spec. If this is the case than the check
for the first in the sequence isn't reliable/repeatable.
</asking dumb question>

-chris
<regular-joe-hat>

> I this example, what is the first non-sequence AS?
> You may use a different example if needed.
>
> Sriram
> ________________________________________
> From: Jeffrey Haas [[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:19 AM
> To: Sriram, Kotikalapudi
> Cc: Randy Bush; Jeffrey Haas; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [sidr] Comment about aggregators and AS_SETs
>
> Sriram,
>
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 04:14:46AM -0400, Sriram, Kotikalapudi wrote:
>> We need not look inside the AS_SET, and also we would require no ROAs for 
>> the AS_SET.
>> Simply take the AS to the immediate left of the AS_SET to be the origin.
>> The update/RIB data establish clearly that the ASN in that AS position indeed
>> matches the AGGREGATOR ASN (wherever it matters for the validation 
>> algorithm).
>> However, the algorithm should not take the AGGREGATOR to be the origin
>
> Part of my suggestion is that the first non-sequence AS should only be used
> *if and only if* the aggregator AS matches.
>
> This would be in addition to only considering the AS left of an AS_SET when
> there are no sequences as the right-most segment type.
>
> -- Jeff
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