Hi Jeff,

Perfect, many thanks.

Neeraj

> On Jul 24, 2025, at 5:14 PM, Jeffrey Haas <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Neeraj,
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 02:24:33PM +0000, Neeraj Malhotra (nmalhotr) wrote:
>> Thanks for the note. Could you please check if the text added in section 7.7 
>> is sufficient? This adds a reference to evpn-ipvpn-interworking draft that 
>> already has a section stating that attributes of type EVPN should NOT be 
>> preserved from EVPN to non-EVPN networks. There is also text added to 
>> explain why it is not beneficial to carry EVPN LBW into non-EVPN networks 
>> (in line with the point you have below).
>> 
>> Wanted to refrain from this draft defining interworking behavior and instead 
>> leave that for the interworking draft to define. Would it be clearer instead 
>> if this draft also explicitly states that the attribute should be dropped?
> 
> Avoiding redundant procedures is great.
> 
> The detail as you mention is appropriately captured as you say:
> "This extended community is defined of type 0x06 (EVPN Extended Community
> Sub-Types)"
> 
> and in ipvpn-inter...
> 
> 5.2.4:
> : As discussed in point 1, Communities, Extended Communities, Large
> : Communities and Wide Communities SHOULD be preserved from the originating
> : ISF route by the gateway PE. Exceptions of Extended Communities that SHOULD
> : NOT be propagated are:
> :
> : BGP Encapsulation extended communities [RFC9012].
> :
> : Route Target extended communities. Route Targets are always initialized when
> : readvertising an ISF route into a different domain, i.e., they are not
> : propagated. The initialized Route Target in the re-advertised ISF route may
> : or may not have the same value as the Route Target of the originating ISF
> : route.
> :
> : All the extended communities of type EVPN.
>  ^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> So, my concern is addressed.  Thanks for pointing out the error of my casual
> reading.
> 
> -- Jeff
> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Neeraj
>> 
>> From: Jeffrey Haas <[email protected]>
>> Date: Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
>> To: [email protected] 
>> <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>
>> Subject: EVPN Link BW community cleanup
>> One thing I noted while browsing through the draft again after today's bess
>> presentation was a lack of text regarding "cleanup" of the EVPN LBW
>> community. (Although perhaps I'm browsing too shallowly.)
>> 
>> The community is defined as transitive, and procedures exist wherein EVPN
>> routes that may carry this community may be carried back and forth in
>> an Internet context. This means there exists the possibility that such EVPN
>> LBW communities may pass between networks where their context is different.
>> That is, network 1 shouldn't use network 2's bandwidth.
>> 
>> Community scrubbing is thus recommended.
>> 
>> Please consider reviewing the following document's section 7.5 for some
>> general wisdom and consider what text should be added to your draft that
>> might be appropriate for this situation.
>> 
>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-grow-routing-ops-sec-inform/
>> 
>> -- Jeff
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