Re: RSVP-TE: specifying links in EROs

David Charlap <[email protected]> Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:25:56 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.tewg
Organization Marconi, Vienna VA
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Tony Li wrote:
> 
> I'm unsure of the point that you're trying to make.  The semantics of
> the ERO has been clear to numerous implementors along the way, as
> you yourself have noted.  Simply put, if the path does not traverse
> the link specified by the IP address, then it has not traversed the
> appropriate abstract node.

The prioblem is that this is not stated anywhere.  It is an unwritten
assumption.  Designing products based on unwritten assumptions is a bad 
idea.  Not everybody assumes the same thing, creating interop problems.

-- David