[Irtf-rr] draft-irtf-routing-reqs-00.txt

Dmitri Krioukov dima at krioukov.net
Thu Aug 14 21:52:48 EDT 2003


Yakov,

I don't think there is a need for such insertion
since the obvious fact that it's virtually impossible
to meet all the "requirements" is alluded to in the
abstract and in the last paragraph of Section 1
of the current version of the draft.
--
dima.
http://www.krioukov.net/~dima/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: irtf-rr-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:irtf-rr-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Yakov Rekhter
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:34 AM
> To: avri
> Cc: irtf-rr at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [Irtf-rr] draft-irtf-routing-reqs-00.txt
>
>
> Avri,
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > First apologies for talking so long to deliver.  I finally got the the
> > joint draft done.  About a year late.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > 	Title		: Requirements for Inter Domain Routing
> > 	Author(s)	: A. Doria et al.
> > 	Filename	: draft-irtf-routing-reqs-00.txt
> > 	Pages	: 70
> > 	Date		: 2003-8-11
> >
> > These requirements for routing architectures are the product of two
> > sub-groups with the IRTF Routing Research Group.  They represent two
> > individual and separate views of the problem and of what is required
> > to fix the problem. While speaking of requirements, the document is
> > actually a recommendation to anyone who would create a routing
> > architecture for the Internet in the coming years.
> >
> > A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-irtf-routing-reqs-00.txt
> >
> > ---
> >
> > This doc, except for the intro is a faithful (I hope) representation of
> > the  final draft of each of the two sub-groups contributions.   In
> > working through them (thanks to xml2rfc and Elwyn for the formatting) I
> > found myself wondering how much the requirements had changed over the
> > year that these sat.    In some respects, I believe they did, though
> > not in any major sense.   The work that has gone into shoring up the
> > current architecture has certainly made it appear more resilient.
>
> Please add the following to the draft:
>
>    This document doesn't make any claims with respect to
>    whether it is possible to have a practical solution
>    that meets all the requirements listed in this
>    document.
>
> or
>
>    Discussion on whether it is possible to have a practical
>    solution that meets all the requirements listed in this
>    document is outside the scope of this document.
>
> Yakov.
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