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

Michael Hallgren m.hallgren at free.fr
Thu Feb 27 03:23:56 EST 2014


Le 26/02/2014 22:10, sthaug at nethelp.no a écrit :
>> 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?
> For us, yes. Fully support the idea of requiring an "all" argument.

+1

mh

> Steinar Haug, AS 2116
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