Re: [nanog] Cisco GLBP/HSRP question -- Has it ever been dis

[Fred Baker <fredbaker.ietf () gmail com>]

> On Aug 4, 2019, at 5:29 PM, Chriztoffer Hansen <chriztoffer () netravnen de> wrote:
>
> The question was simply about if GLBP/HSRP had ever been up in discussions in the IETF concerning publishing the 
> protocol specifications as a standard. (As pointed out. I totally forgot about the RFC concerning HSRP.) Haven't 
> gotten a response on the GLBP part. Which I am more than doubtful, myself, will ever come to fruition as a standard 
> in an IETF WG.

AFAIK (and any specific knowledge I have of Cisco is dated), Cisco has not asked the IETF to standardize its 
proprietary protocol. An obvious start would be for Cisco customers to ask Cisco to do so.

With HSRP/VRRP, someone wrote a specification that they thought Would accomplish the Cisco-proprietary objectives, and 
championed that through IETF processes. At least part of that had to do with a Cisco competitor and someone who had a 
bee in their bonnet. I'm not telling you to do that (my observation of HSRP/VRRP is that the result has been two 
competing protocols, not a winner and a loser), but it's a question you might ask your vendor about.