I agree, to me BGP isn't a protocol that needs to be understood by a TSV AD. Like many protocols from other areas, it is one where we need to be aware of issues so that other groups can determine whether something needs to be done.
Gorry > Linda Dunbar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Today's network is layers of layers of overlay (multiple layers of >> encapsulation). A communication between two end points traverses >> multiple administrative domains. > > Quite true. > >> The TSV-Area AD should have the knowledge of BGP, the domain >> demarcation across different administrative domains. > > It's hard enough to find Routing ADs that understand BGP. To repeat > myself and others: We must make it possible for the NomCom to do its > job. > > TSV ADs should know how to talk to routing experts; but I see no > reason for them to be BGP experts themselves. > > Indeed, even if we consider what happens to packets as they cross > Administrative Domains to be in-scope for Transport documents (alas, > sometimes it is), that doesn't mean TSV ADs need to understand the > details of that issue. > > Also, please note that our TSV ADs are seriously trying to organize > the work so that they don't need to review all documents themselves. > > -- > John Leslie <[email protected]> >
