[c-nsp] MPLS TE Autoroute with OSPF and IS-IS?

[Mohacsi Janos]

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Tantsura, Jeff wrote:

> I'd add IPv6, as far as I'm aware off there's no production network running
> OSPFv3 so the choice is rather limited...

This is wrong. In Europe dozens of Reseaarch and Educational Network runs 
OSPFv3 for more than 2-3 years now - without problem.
Regards,

Janos Mohacsi
Network Engineer, Research Associate, Head of Network Planning
NIIF/HUNGARNET, HUNGARY
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> --
> Jeff Tantsura  CCIE# 11416
> Senior IP Network Engineer
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Pete Templin
> Sent: 17 August 2006 15:18
> To: Adam Greene
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] MPLS TE Autoroute with OSPF and IS-IS?
>
> Adam Greene wrote:
>> Pete,
>>
>> It would be interesting to know as well from a very high-level standpoint
>> what's motivated you to switch to IS-IS from OSPF ....
>
> I'm quoting three primary reasons to those who ask:
>
> 1:  Security - since ISIS uses CLNS as its transport, and we don't speak
> CLNS to providers or customers, it's much harder to blow up our IGP.
> 2:  Stability - word on the street says the ISIS coders at Cisco know
> that they're coding the IGP for large service providers, and take less
> risks (but also seem to introduce features earlier).
> 3:  Safety - we're approaching the time when customers will want to do
> dynamic routing over their MPLS VPNs.  We anticipate the early birds
> will use OSPF, if they don't use BGP, and would greatly prefer that our
> IGP be completely different than that IGP.
>
> pt
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