[j-nsp] proposed changes to "clear bgp neighbor"

[Brent Sweeny]

Phil, I think what you propose sounds like a reasonable and
appropriately-scoped response to a real problem.
  Brent Sweeny
  Indiana University

On 2/26/2014 7:36 AM, Phil Shafer wrote:
> Juniper users,
> 
> We've been asked to make a change the "clear bgp neighbor" command
> to make the neighbor or "all" argument mandatory.  The root cause
> is the severe impact of "clear bgp neighbor" and the increasing
> accidental use of this command without a specific neighbor.
> 
> In general, we avoid changing commands to add mandatory arguments,
> but my feeling is that the impact and severity of this specific
> command makes this an acceptable occasion for such a change.
> 
> I'm looking for feedback about this change.  My working assumption
> is that "clear bgp neighbor" is a sufficiently rare command and
> would not be used in automation/scripts, so the impact of making
> the neighbor/all argument mandatory would be minimal.  Is this
> assumption accurate?
> 
> Thanks,
>  Phil
> 
> [I've set reply-to to myself to avoid impacting the list]
> 
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