[rbridge] Choice of routing protocols

[Erik Nordmark]

Pekka Savola wrote:

> 
> I'd also like to consider using OSPF as a basis for the simple reason 
> that it has been widely implemented by the same vendors we'd like to 
> ship Rbridges.  Those low-end router manufacturers don't implement 
> IS-IS, so this would incur a steeper curve for implementation.
> 
> However, as for IPv6 one would have to use OSPFv3 as a basis (and then 
> one could use draft-ietf-ospf-af-alt-01.txt), not OSPFv2, this does not 
> seem to be all that relevant consideration anymore because those low-end 
> vendors don't implement OSPFv3 in any case.
> 
> That said, the arguments below seem to indicate that using OSPF has some 
> serious issues (mainly relating to IP address assignment) and IS-IS may 
> be a better fit, with an automated NSAP address "generation".
> 
> To avoid rehashing this discussion over and over again, these 
> considerations should be nailed down in the charter or an internet-draft.

Excellent suggestion. Any volunteers for starting to capture this as an I-D?

    Erik