RE: VPN authentication/verification and WG re-chartering

[<benjamin.niven-jenkins at bt.com>]

Rick,

Rick Wilder <mailto:rick at rhwilder.net> wrote:
> As was mentioned at the Prague meeting and on this email
> list, Ron, Mark, and I are currently updating the charter for
> the L3VPN WG.
> 
> When Ron called for work items that need to be undertaken by
> the WG, Shane Amante recommended reviving the VPN
> authentication/verification work that was started some time
> back, but not completed. (his email copied below)
> 
> If VPN authentication/verification is of importance to you,
> please weigh in before re-chartering is completed.

I support VPN authentication/verification being added to the charter as
it is a useful tool to ensure that the actual state stored by the
routers matches what the OSS systems have configured the network to look
like thereby enabling the detection of misconfigured routers.

I also support the continued inclusion of VPN multicast as a high
priority work item and agree with Shane that it would be useful to
publish the iBGP PE-CE draft in some form.

Ben

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