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Terminology for Benchmarking BGP Device Convergence in the Control Plane
RFC 4098

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Date Rev. By Action
2015-10-14
06 (System) Notify list changed from <kdubray@juniper.net>, <acmorton@att.com> to <kdubray@juniper.net>
2005-06-10
06 Amy Vezza State Changes to RFC Published from RFC Ed Queue by Amy Vezza
2005-06-10
06 Amy Vezza [Note]: 'RFC 4098' added by Amy Vezza
2005-06-06
06 (System) RFC published
2004-11-04
06 Amy Vezza State Changes to RFC Ed Queue from Approved-announcement sent by Amy Vezza
2004-11-02
06 Amy Vezza IESG state changed to Approved-announcement sent
2004-11-02
06 Amy Vezza IESG has approved the document
2004-11-02
06 Amy Vezza Closed "Approve" ballot
2004-10-25
06 David Kessens State Changes to Approved-announcement to be sent from IESG Evaluation::AD Followup by David Kessens
2004-10-25
06 David Kessens [Ballot Position Update] Position for David Kessens has been changed to No Objection from Discuss by David Kessens
2004-10-13
06 Steven Bellovin [Ballot comment]
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2004-07-21
06 (System) New version available: draft-ietf-bmwg-conterm-06.txt
2004-04-03
06 (System) Removed from agenda for telechat - 2004-04-02
2004-04-02
06 Amy Vezza State Changes to IESG Evaluation::AD Followup from IESG Evaluation by Amy Vezza
2004-04-02
06 Amy Vezza [Ballot Position Update] Position for David Kessens has been changed to Discuss from Yes by Amy Vezza
2004-04-02
06 Bert Wijnen [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded for Bert Wijnen by Bert Wijnen
2004-04-02
06 Allison Mankin [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded for Allison Mankin by Allison Mankin
2004-04-02
06 Alex Zinin [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded for Alex Zinin by Alex Zinin
2004-04-01
06 Margaret Cullen [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded for Margaret Wasserman by Margaret Wasserman
2004-04-01
06 Harald Alvestrand
[Ballot comment]
Reviewed by Lucy Lynch, Gen-ART

This document does not use 2119 language. There are places where the word "should" is used, but in …
[Ballot comment]
Reviewed by Lucy Lynch, Gen-ART

This document does not use 2119 language. There are places where the word "should" is used, but in the context, one would think that the meaning of 2119 "MUST" is the intended reading.
Still, the doc seems good. Some more nits in the review (spelling sized).
2004-04-01
06 Harald Alvestrand [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded for Harald Alvestrand by Harald Alvestrand
2004-03-30
06 Scott Hollenbeck [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded for Scott Hollenbeck by Scott Hollenbeck
2004-03-30
06 Russ Housley [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded for Russ Housley by Russ Housley
2004-03-29
06 Ted Hardie [Ballot Position Update] Position for Ted Hardie has been changed to No Objection from Undefined by Ted Hardie
2004-03-29
06 Ted Hardie
[Ballot comment]
Section 2.2 has this definition:

Definition:
      The network prefix length is the number of bits out of the total
  …
[Ballot comment]
Section 2.2 has this definition:

Definition:
      The network prefix length is the number of bits out of the total
      available in the address field, used to define the network prefix.


I hate to nit-pick definitions in a terminology documents, but I
had to read this over and over before I could make this mean
what I think they mean.  I take it they mean the network prefix
length describes the number of bits used by the network prefix
out of the total available in the address field; the placement
of "total available" in the above makes that hard to infer.

Would

"The network prefix length contains the number of bits used
by the network prefix out of the total available in the address
field" 

make sense as a replacement?

NIT:  DUT is first expanded as "Cevice Under Test"

NIT:  Thus they will forward every packet to a specific next hop
      based on the longest match between  the  destination IP addresse
      and the routes in the forwarding table.

-->IP address

A quiet rant on section 4.1.3:

(No change needed, but this does work my nerves enough that it ought
to be fed back to the authors)

      A full default free table is the union of all sets of default free
      BGP routes collectively announced by the complete set of
      autonomous systems making up the public Internet.  Due to the
      dynamic nature of the Internet, the exact size and composition of
      this table may vary slightly depending where and when it is
      observed.

While I am sure that the authors understand far better than I do
how path-vector protocols work, I am concerned that the use of
this phrase without comment may reinforce a common misunderstanding.
Folks new to this (and even some folks with considerable operational experience)
often use phrases like this in ways which elide the critical fact that each route implies
a particular place in the topology.  The set created by this
union is very different both in size and character from the set created
by the union of all reachable destinations, because each route is
a unique "how do I get there from *here*" instead of a unique "there".
If the authors could make that point with a hammer, this phrase might
not go the way of "global routing table" as a term of art.
2004-03-29
06 Ted Hardie
[Ballot comment]
Section 2.2 has this definition:

Definition:
      The network prefix length is the number of bits out of the total
  …
[Ballot comment]
Section 2.2 has this definition:

Definition:
      The network prefix length is the number of bits out of the total
      available in the address field, used to define the network prefix.


I hate to nit-pick definitions in a terminology documents, but I
had to read this over and over before I could make this mean
what I think they mean.  I take it they mean the network prefix
length describes the number of bits used by the network prefix
out of the total available in the address field; the placement
of "total available" in the above makes that hard to infer.

Would

"The network prefix length contains the number of bits used
by the network prefix out of the total available in the address
field" 

make sense as a replacement?

NIT:  DUT is first expanded as "Cevice Under Test"
2004-03-29
06 Ted Hardie
[Ballot comment]
Section 2.2 has this definition:

Definition:
      The network prefix length is the number of bits out of the total
  …
[Ballot comment]
Section 2.2 has this definition:

Definition:
      The network prefix length is the number of bits out of the total
      available in the address field, used to define the network prefix.


I hate to nit-pick definitions in a terminology documents, but I
had to read this over and over before I could make this mean
what I think they mean.  I take it they mean the network prefix
length describes the number of bits used by the network prefix
out of the total available in the address field; the placement
of "total available" in the above makes that hard to infer.

Would

"The network prefix length contains the number of bits used
by the network prefix out of the total available in the address
field" 

make sense as a replacement?
2004-03-29
06 Ted Hardie [Ballot Position Update] New position, Undefined, has been recorded for Ted Hardie by Ted Hardie
2004-03-29
06 Steven Bellovin [Ballot comment]
Should there be terminology for prefix filtering?
2004-03-29
06 Steven Bellovin [Ballot Position Update] New position, No Objection, has been recorded for Steve Bellovin by Steve Bellovin
2004-03-25
06 David Kessens [Ballot Position Update] New position, Yes, has been recorded for David Kessens
2004-03-25
06 David Kessens Ballot has been issued by David Kessens
2004-03-25
06 David Kessens Created "Approve" ballot
2004-03-25
06 (System) Ballot writeup text was added
2004-03-25
06 (System) Last call text was added
2004-03-25
06 (System) Ballot approval text was added
2004-03-25
06 David Kessens State Changes to IESG Evaluation from Expert Review::External Party by David Kessens
2004-03-25
06 David Kessens Placed on agenda for telechat - 2004-04-02 by David Kessens
2004-03-24
06 Bert Wijnen Shepherding AD has been changed to David Kessens from Bert Wijnen
2004-01-02
06 Bert Wijnen New AD (Bert) is checking with WG chairs
2004-01-02
06 Bert Wijnen Shepherding AD has been changed to Bert Wijnen from Randy Bush
2004-01-02
06 Bert Wijnen Status date has been changed to 2004-01-02 from
2003-08-14
06 Randy Bush State Changes to Expert Review::External Party from AD Evaluation::External Party by Randy Bush
2003-08-14
06 Randy Bush WG chairs submit for Info.  I ask routing and ops dirs for feedback.
2003-07-03
05 (System) New version available: draft-ietf-bmwg-conterm-05.txt
2003-04-07
06 Randy Bush State Changes to AD Evaluation  :: External Party from AD Evaluation  :: AD Followup by Bush, Randy
2003-03-14
06 Randy Bush tossed back to zinin and ops-dir for review
2003-03-14
06 Randy Bush State Changes to AD Evaluation  :: AD Followup from AD Evaluation  :: Revised ID Needed by Bush, Randy
2003-03-07
04 (System) New version available: draft-ietf-bmwg-conterm-04.txt
2002-11-04
06 Randy Bush State Changes to AD Evaluation  :: Revised ID Needed from AD Evaluation  :: External Party by Bush, Randy
2002-08-13
06 Randy Bush zinin found many undefined refs and inappropriate text.<br>back to authors with note to wg.
2002-08-13
06 Randy Bush responsible has been changed to Author from Responsible AD
2002-08-13
06 Randy Bush
State Changes to New Version Needed (WG/Author)                    from AD Evaluation              …
State Changes to New Version Needed (WG/Author)                    from AD Evaluation                                    by randy
2002-07-30
06 Randy Bush responsible has been changed to Responsible AD from Area Directors
2002-07-30
06 Randy Bush Intended Status has been changed to Informational from None
2002-07-30
06 Randy Bush
State Changes to AD Evaluation                                    from Pre AD …
State Changes to AD Evaluation                                    from Pre AD Evaluation                                by randy
2002-07-30
06 Randy Bush wg hands to randy for iesg processing<br>randy asks alex to take a look too
2002-07-30
06 Randy Bush Draft Added by randy
2002-07-29
03 (System) New version available: draft-ietf-bmwg-conterm-03.txt
2002-07-02
02 (System) New version available: draft-ietf-bmwg-conterm-02.txt
2002-03-05
01 (System) New version available: draft-ietf-bmwg-conterm-01.txt
2001-07-16
00 (System) New version available: draft-ietf-bmwg-conterm-00.txt