Re: [Last-Call] Rtgdir last call review of draft-ietf-bfd-unsolicited-09

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Henning,

Thank you for your comments on this draft.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 04:29:48AM -0800, Henning Rogge via Datatracker wrote:
> I have two nits with the document...
> 
> 1st, I would like a clarification which/how many (all?) security measurements
> you consider mandatory... if you (as an example) run the protocol in a trusted
> environment, you might be able to skip authentication... but maybe using the
> TTL to keep the protocol "linklocal" should still be mandatory.

I believe these are addressed by core RFC 5880/5881 procedures.

Authentication is optional.  
GTSM is required for single hop sessions.  (RFC 5881, Section 5.)

> 2nd, I would suggest writing out the full name "Bidirectional Forwarding
> Detection (BFD)" once in the abstract just to make sure nobody confuses the
> acronym.

Thanks.  I suspect this comment will also arrive via the RFC Editor.

-- Jeff

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