Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-idr-ext-opt-param-08.txt

Speaking of things stuck in an edit buffer, I realized I had some small editorial changes as a result of WGLC feedback that I hadn’t published. Now I have. 

—John

> On Nov 18, 2019, at 5:10 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> 
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> This draft is a work item of the Inter-Domain Routing WG of the IETF.
> 
>        Title           : Extended
>      Optional Parameters Length for BGP OPEN Message
>        Authors         : Enke Chen
>                          John Scudder
> 	Filename        : draft-ietf-idr-ext-opt-param-08.txt
> 	Pages           : 6
> 	Date            : 2019-11-18
> 
> Abstract:
>   The Optional Parameters in the BGP OPEN message as defined in the
>   base BGP specification are limited to 255 octets due to a one-octet
>   length field.  BGP Capabilities are carried in this field and may
>   foreseeably exceed 255 octets in the future, leading to concern about
>   this limitation.
> 
>   In this document we update RFC 4271 by extending, in a backward-
>   compatible manner, the length of the Optional Parameters in the BGP
>   OPEN.  The Parameter Length field of individual Optional Parameters
>   is also extended.
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