Re: Question about fast-leave implementation

Hitoshi Asaeda <[email protected]> Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:41:44 +0900 (JST)
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.magma
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Kunal,

> Is there any reason to send out a query in fast-leave is enabled on
> the interface?? Enabling fast-leave allows deleting the cache
> immediately on receiving a leave. If the cache is deleted
> immediately, hosts on the interface will see traffic loss, which
> makes me think that fast-leave is enabled when the interface is
> gauranteed to receive a leave when the last host goes away or there
> is only one host on the interface. So does it make any sense in
> sending out a query on receiving a leave if fast-leave is enabled??

Good question.

In fact, I've been working the function that supports fast leave.
You may want to read the following draft;
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-asaeda-mboned-explicit-tracking-01

This draft is currently submitted to MBONED.

Any commnet is welcome.

Regards,
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Hitoshi Asaeda