Re: [Idr] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-scudder-idr-rt-constrain-lite-00

["John G. Scudder" <jgs at juniper.net>]

Robert,

I agree that this is a supportable point:

On Jun 27, 2009, at 4:32 PM, Robert Raszuk wrote:
> WFIW I can easily see the full RFC4684 implementation allowing to drop
> incoming filters (with exceptions or not) on inbound

But it's at odds with your previous comment:

On Jun 27, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Robert Raszuk wrote:
> RT-C lite says:
>
>    "Specifically, the PE need only implement the ability to send Route
>    Target Membership NLRI; it need not have the ability to receive,
>    store and filter upon such information."
>
> That directly violates RFC4684 as quoted above.

Since the text you objected to pertains exactly to the dropping of  
incoming filters, I guess you have changed your mind on this point.   
That is fine with me.

On Jun 27, 2009, at 4:32 PM, Robert Raszuk wrote:
> Would you agree that this draft should be progressed only if we  
> would be
> able to find an implementation that supports it and not full RFC4684 ?

I generally don't think protocol specifications should be progressed  
without implementation, so sure.

> And as soon as such implementation would gain full RFC4684 support we
> either find another one supporting only RTC-lite or move RTC-lite to
> historical ?

Seems generally reasonable.

Thanks,

--John