Re: [M3UA] Mgmt Blocking
"Brian F. G. Bidulock" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.ietf.sigtran |
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| Organization | http://www.openss7.org/ |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Santhana, Santhana wrote: (Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:00:01) > > Hi > > When the SGP/IPSP is Blocked by the Management, the RFC > 4666 says, the SGP/IPSP should return ERROR(Mgmt Block) on receiving > ASP UP/ASP ACTIVE. > > But does this Mgmt Block, prohibits sending of ASP UP/ASP ACTIVE also. > > > I could work out a scenario in IPSP DE mode, where an IPSP is blocked > by the Management in INACTIVE state. Now when it is in INACTIVE state, > for any ACTIVE message received, it returns ERROR (Mgmt Block). But > locally can it send ASP ACTIVE and becomes ACTIVE in one direction. Is > this allowed? Yes. And that is one of the deficiencies of DE mode (that unidirectional traffic can result) and one of the reasons why SE mode is recommended. > How to define Mgmt Block in IPSP DE mode? Yes, that is the way it works. If that doesn't make much sense to you, consider using SE mode instead. --brian -- Brian F. G. Bidulock [email protected] http://www.openss7.org/