[c-nsp] bgp communities over vpn mpls

[Keegan Holley]

Sorry I think I was sleep-typing or something.  Correction:


 > Also, if a
>> > MPLS provider wishes to allow a customer to use a specific set of
>> > communities all they would have to do is add them to the export policy,
>> so
>> > this doesn't really answer the question.
>>
>> Not sure I follow? And, BTW: I did not discuss the OP's question about
>> getting standard communities across an MPLS-SP-service, this is different
>> and straight-forward (only requires the SP allows to send standard
>> communities across its core). Just wanted to reply to your comment about the
>> danger accepting ext-comms.
>>
>
> Ok, np.  If I read your RFC snippet correctly it says compliance requires
> that communities not included in the export policy are dropped.  I was
> trying to infer that if the provider added the community advertised by the
>  customer the export policy for the vrf and it was accepted and advertised
> by the PE router then that should be compliant with the RFC.  Did I
> misunderstand the language?  I have to admit it's been about three years
> since I read through an RFC.
>