Re: [OSPF] Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for OSPF -draft-venkata-ospf-dynamic-hostname-02.txt

[Danny McPherson <danny at tcb.net>]

On Mar 20, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Acee Lindem wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
>
> Historically, the draft/RFC is titled router capabilities but you'll
> note that the actual name of the LSA is the RI (Router Information
> LSA). I do believe that the system name fits in the category of
> information and it WILL be used in OSPF for routing - not directly
> for calculating OSPF routes but for debugging networks when routing
> doesn't work. Hence, IMHO, it satisfies both the criteria for
> inclusion in the default instance and the criteria for inclusion in
> the OSPF RI LSA. Like most of the other information in the RI LSA,
> I'd expect it be fairly static.

And this is indeed why it's been defined as such.

-danny
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