Re: Route Server Filters at IXPs and 4-byte ASNs

[Jeffrey Haas <jhaas () pfrc org>]

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On Jan 25, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:

> > http://tools.ietf.org/search/draft-raszuk-wide-bgp-communities-03
> > To me, that draft looks hugely complicated, like everything you
> > could possibly think of was thrown in.
>
> <aol>
>
> do we have a chat with robert or push an alternative so that the wg is
> pushed to compromise?

The token to simplify is currently mine. The messy bit was an attempt to try to push policy algebra into the packet 
format. A hallway conversation with a certain German gentleman helped disabuse me about the wisdom of doing that. 

Cleaning up the document will take probably another two rounds but a terse description of where it should be going is 
"template based structured communities". 

-- Jeff


> randy