You folks are headed in the right direction. I'll be happy wherever you end
up.

Thanks!

Spencer

On Thursday, January 12, 2017, Randy Bush <[email protected]> wrote:

> >>    Note that BGPsec update messages can be quite large, therefore any
> >>    BGPsec speaker announcing the capability to receive BGPsec messages
> >>    SHOULD also announce support for the capability to receive BGP
> >>    extended messages [I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages].
> >>
> >> isn't a MUST, but Section 7 explains this
> >>
> >>    In Section 2.2, is was stated that a BGPsec speaker SHOULD announce
> >>    support for the capability to receive BGP extended messages.  Lack of
> >>    negotiation of this capability is not expected to pose a problem in
> >>    the early years of BGPsec deployment.  However, as BGPsec is deployed
> >>    more and more, the BGPsec update messages would grow in size and some
> >>    messages may be dropped due to their size exceeding the current 4K
> >>    bytes limit.  Therefore, it is strongly RECOMMENDED that all BGPsec
> >>    speakers negotiate the extended message capability within a
> >>    reasonable period of time after initial deployment of BGPsec.
>
> how about just saying
>
>    A router announcing the capability to send or to receive BGPsec
>    updates MUST also announce the capability to send and receive BGP
>    extended messages [I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages].
>
> and call it a day?
>
> randy
>
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