Re: Last Call: <draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn-07.txt> (Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Using BGP for Auto-discovery and Signaling) to Informational RFC

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It is clear that:

1) RFC6074 is the IETF recommended approach.
2) That draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn is in active deployment.

The question is whether the number of independent
deployments of draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn is
increasing or not. In other words is this a legacy
approach that will over time decline, or is it a
parallel alternative that will be actively chosen
by some subset of operators going forward and
which will be implemented by more than one vendor.

- Stewart


On 13/09/2011 21:14, Alexander Vainshtein wrote:
Luca,
The draft in question exists for almost 8 years (the -00 version has been posted 2004-01-13), has been implemented and deployed.

I have not heard that solutions compliant with RFC 6074 (which is the proper analog of 4447 in this case IMO)  have been deployed in this interval - and that in spite of 6074 sitting in the RFC Editor queue (i.e., sufficiently stable for any potential implementer) for almost 6 years (from 2006-06-12).

Hence I do not see this case as similar to what happened to the original draft-martini vs. RFC 4447.

Do I miss something substantial here?

Regards,
     Sasha
________________________________________
From: Luca Martini [lmartini@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:16 PM
To: Alexander Vainshtein
Cc: l2vpn@xxxxxxxx; pwe3; IETF Discussion; Andrew G. Malis
Subject: Re: Last Call:<draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn-07.txt>  (Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Using BGP for Auto-discovery and Signaling) to Informational RFC

On 09/13/11 10:03, Alexander Vainshtein wrote:
Luca, and all,

I concur with Andy's opinion that the reference to RFC 4447 must become Normative (this will not delay the publication is  too often the case:-).

As for Informational vs. Historical, I think that Informational is more appropriate because, AFAIK, the technique defined in draft-kompella is not just a documenting an existing solution - it describes is THE ONLY deployed solution for the problem. (If this statement happens to be factually incorrect, I would be happy to learn about the deployed alternatives.)
no, there are several ( I think 3 ) implementations of the
l2vpn-singalling standards track document also known as rfc6074.
There are several deployments of rfc6074.

As 10 years ago we had several deployments of "draft-martini" which over
time are being updated to rfc4447 , there are some deployments of the
solution described in the draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn-07.txt. I still
think that an historical RFC would fit this solution , unless we plan on
expanding it , and pursuing new enhancements to it.

Luca


Regards,
      Sasha

-----Original Message-----
From: l2vpn-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:l2vpn-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luca
Martini
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 6:24 PM
To: Andrew G. Malis
Cc: l2vpn@xxxxxxxx; pwe3; IETF Discussion
Subject: Re: Last Call:<draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn-07.txt>  (Layer 2 Virtual
Private Networks Using BGP for Auto-discovery and Signaling) to Informational
RFC

I concurr with Andy.
Given that the  WG has made a decision on which control plane technology
is the standard track technology we should have a statement in this
document pointing to the standard track rfc4447 so it is clear to anyone
reading the document.
In the same way we published the draft-martini documents as historical
ee should publish this document as historical rfc, to document existing
implementations.

Luca

On 09/01/11 05:42, Andrew G. Malis wrote:
Speaking as an individual, the solution in this draft has been has
been operationally deployed in a number of service provider networks,
and it should be documented in an informational RFC.

Speaking as PWE3 co-chair, I would be happier if this draft required
that routers that implement this solution also implement RFC 4447,
that RFC 4447 be configured as the default mechanism for pseudowire
signaling, and that RFC 4447 was moved from an informational to a
normative reference. In practice, I know that routers that implement
this also do implement RFC 4447, but I would like to see it in the RFC
as well.

Thanks,
Andy

     Subject:        Last Call: (Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Using BGP
     for Auto-discovery and Signaling) to Informational RFC
     Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:50:05 -0700
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     <mailto:ietf-announce@xxxxxxxx>



     The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
     the following document:
     - 'Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Using BGP for Auto-discovery and
        Signaling'
       <draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn-07.txt>  as an Informational RFC

     The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
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     Abstract


        Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs) based on Frame Relay or ATM
        circuits have been around a long time; more recently, Ethernet VPNs,
        including Virtual Private LAN Service, have become popular.
        Traditional L2VPNs often required a separate Service Provider
        infrastructure for each type, and yet another for the Internet and IP
        VPNs.  In addition, L2VPN provisioning was cumbersome.  This document
        presents a new approach to the problem of offering L2VPN services
        where the L2VPN customer's experience is virtually identical to that
        offered by traditional Layer 2 VPNs, but such that a Service Provider
        can maintain a single network for L2VPNs, IP VPNs and the Internet,
        as well as a common provisioning methodology for all services.




     The file can be obtained via
     http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn/

     IESG discussion can be tracked via
     http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kompella-l2vpn-l2vpn/


     The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D:

        http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/1149/



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