Re: GMPLS Issue - Notify Message

[Lou Berger <lberger@movaz.com>]

Ben,

To be precise your message said:

>Well?  Does anyone else have thoughts on this?

Your previous mail was a statement and a request for comments.  I didn't 
see much support for this on the list.

Please remember the process is about "rough consensus" not individual vetoes.

Lou

At 11:16 AM 12/18/2001, Ben Mack-Crane wrote:

>The following issue raised 10/29/01 has not been addressed:
>
> > > >7) The Notify message is intended to "enable expedited notification of
> > > >    failures," but it relies on the IP layer which may be affected 
> by the
> > > >    failure that the Notify is reporting.  This could defeat the goal
> > > >    of rapid notification.  Without some means of guaranteeing the 
> Notify
> > > >    doesn't have to wait for IP routing convergence to be delivered,
> > > >    it isn't a satisfactory solution.
> > > >