Subject: [Idr] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-chen-bgp-ext-opt-param-01

From: "John G. Scudder" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:06:19 -0400

FYI.  This version uses a simpler method of encoding the extended  
length than -00 did.

--John

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> From: IETF I-D Submission Tool <[email-masked]>
> Date: June 25, 2009 12:03:23 PM GMT-04:00
> To: John Scudder <[email-masked]>
> Cc: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
> Subject: New Version Notification for draft-chen-bgp-ext-opt-param-01
>
>
> A new version of I-D, draft-chen-bgp-ext-opt-param-01.txt has been  
> successfuly submitted by John Scudder and posted to the IETF  
> repository.
>
> Filename:	 draft-chen-bgp-ext-opt-param
> Revision:	 01
> Title:		 Extended Optional Parameters Length for BGP OPEN Message
> Creation_date:	 2009-06-25
> WG ID:		 Independent Submission
> Number_of_pages: 5
>
> Abstract:
> The Optional Parameters in the BGP OPEN message as defined in the
> base BGP specification are limited to 255 octets due to a one-octet
> length field.  BGP Capabilities are carried in this field and may
> foreseeably exceed 255 octets in the future, leading to concern about
> this limitation.
>
> In this document we extend the BGP OPEN length field in a backward-
> compatible manner.  The Parameter Length field of individual Optional
> Parameters is similarly extended.
>
>
>
> The IETF Secretariat.