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

Tammy Firefly tammy-lists at wiztech.biz
Thu Feb 27 03:36:59 EST 2014


+1 on the change
 
Tammy
AS36811

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> On Feb 27, 2014, at 1:23, Michael Hallgren <m.hallgren at free.fr> wrote:
> 
> 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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