[c-nsp] RPKI extended-community RFC8097

[Mark Tinka]

On 12/19/20 10:45, Saku Ytti wrote:

> I think the community largely got blindsided by this, I suspect
> marketability of the whole solution would have been a lot poorer if
> this argument was thrown around at standardisation. However, that ship
> has sailed, we can implement new cheaper methods, but the damage is
> done and it will be there long after we've retired.
>
> I know I got blindsided, and it was so obvious, but not a problem I
> was aware until a customer complained about excessive refresh. It
> would be funny to analyse how much more wattage is drawn because of
> this globally. how many early control-plane upgrades.  Is it
> immaterial or material? I don't know. But it does seem to put some
> customers control-planes over the edge.

We suffered with this a great deal when we used ASR9001's for peering. A 
bunch of peers complained about it, to the extent that they had to drop 
sessions.

Problem was fixed by moving to the MX204. Not elegant, and an 
unnecessary spend.

Mark.