[Xorp-users] IP Alert Option Check in PIM

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

> I have a question, why does XORP have IP-ROUTER-ALERT-OPTION check in PIM.
> The PIM standard does not specify about the IP Router Alert Option.

Yes, you are correct that the PIM spec doesn't specify it.
The IP-ROUTER-ALERT-OPTION check was in earlier versions of the
spec, but later it was removed.
Given that the check is not needed anymore, in the future it will be
removed from the XORP implementation as well.

FYI, the IP-ROUTER-ALERT-OPTION check is disabled by default,
so this shouldn't be an issue.

Anyway, I just created a Bugzilla entry about completely removing
the check it won't be forgotten:

http://www.xorp.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=691


Regards,
Pavlin