Internet DRAFT - draft-ietf-idr-mrai-dep
draft-ietf-idr-mrai-dep
Inter-Domain Routing P. Jakma
Internet-Draft School of Computing Science,
Updates: 4271 (if approved) Uni. of Glasgow
Intended status: Standards Track September 20, 2011
Expires: March 23, 2012
Revisions to the BGP 'Minimum Route Advertisement Interval'
draft-ietf-idr-mrai-dep-04
Abstract
This document updates the specification of the BGP MRAI timer in
[RFC4271], by deprecating the previously recommended values and by
allowing for withdrawals to be exempted from the MRAI.
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Table of Contents
1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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1. Requirements Language
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
2. Background
The Minimum Route Advertisement Interval (MRAI) timer is specified in
[RFC4271]. This timer acts to rate-limit updates, on a per-
destination basis. [RFC4271] suggests values of 30s and 5s for this
interval for eBGP and iBGP respectively. The MRAI must also be
applied to withdrawals according to RFC4271, a change from the
earlier RFC1771.
The MRAI timer has a significant effect on the convergence of BGP, in
terms of convergence time, the number of messages, amongst other
metrics. The optimum value for this timer is hard to estimate, never
mind calculate and will differ between networks, and probably even
different subsets of the same network.
3. Revision
The suggested default values for the
MinRouteAdvertisementIntervalTimer given in [RFC4271] are deprecated.
The appropriate choice of default values is left to the discretion of
implementors. Implementations SHOULD provide a means to allow
operators to choose values appropriate to their requirements, on a
per-peer and per-AFI/SAFI basis. Implementations MAY exempt
withdrawals from the MRAI timer.
4. IANA Considerations
There are no requests made to IANA in this document.
5. Security Considerations
This document raises no new security considerations.
6. Normative References
[RFC4271] Rekhter, Y., Li, T., and S. Hares, "A Border Gateway
Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271, January 2006.
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[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
Author's Address
Paul Jakma
School of Computing Science, Uni. of Glasgow
Sir Alwyn Williams Building
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Scotland
Email: paulj@dcs.gla.ac.uk
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