[Xorp-hackers] [Xorp-cvs] XORP cvs commit: xorp/etc/templates
Atanu Ghosh
atanu at ICSI.Berkeley.EDU
Mon Feb 26 03:17:51 PST 2007
>>>>> "Kristian" == Kristian Larsson <kristian at spritelink.se> writes:
Kristian> On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:31:13AM +0000, Atanu Ghosh
Kristian> wrote:
>> CVSROOT: /usr/local/www/data/cvs Module name: xorp Changes by:
>> atanu at xorpc.icir.org 2007-02-26 10:31:13 UTC
>>
>> XORP CVS repository
>>
>>
>> Modified files: etc/templates rib.cmds
>>
>> Log message: Add OSPFv3 route commands; copy OSPFv2 text and
>> substitute OSPFv2 -> OSPFv3, ipv4 -> ipv6.
Kristian> I know this has more to it than just this CVS commit, but
Kristian> it triggered a few thoughts.
Kristian> Is it really wise to differentiate OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 with
Kristian> the ospf[46] keywords? From what I've heard there has
Kristian> been talk about supporting several simultaneous address
Kristian> families within OSPFv3 just as with IS-IS. Now how would
Kristian> you configure that if it's called ospf4 and ospf6 ?
Kristian> With ospf[46] it feels like we're abstracting something
Kristian> that shouldn't have an abstraction layer over it in the
Kristian> first place. ospf[23] or just ospf and ospf3 as juniper
Kristian> calls it is fine imho.
Kristian> Regards, Kristian,
Hi,
My preference would have been to do as you suggested, but it was felt
that for consistency we should use the address family as the suffix. As
you point out if carrying IPv4 addresses in OSPFv3 is ever standardised
the naming should get interesting:-).
Atanu.
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