[43418] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGP noise tonight? (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Tue Oct 9 13:17:29 2001
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 13:30:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
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On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Jared Mauch wrote:
> > Should someone think about possibly updating the RFC?
>
> you are stuck in the situation that operators are faced in deciding
> what software to run on their network. if the internet-draft is updated
> you still need vendors to change their behavior and people to upgrade.
I agree, it is only one step on a long road. But you have to take
the first step, if nothing else, so when a "new" vendor releases a
product it won't include the old behavior. Or at least, an officially
revised RFC gives customers another stick to beat their vendor.
