Hi Michael, I agree, it is! :-)
I was just thinking of an incremental approach where not all routers have been upgraded with the new SW. Cheers, Manav > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Barnes [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11.21 PM > To: [email protected]; Bhatia, Manav (Manav) > Subject: Re: [OSPF] AT Bit > > Hi Manav, > > On 01/19/2011 04:05 AM, Bhatia, Manav (Manav) wrote: > > One could argue that if the AT router has turned ON > authentication then > > it MUST only accept packets with the AT block, but then we > are taking a > > giant leap of faith where we're assuming that ALL routers will > > simultaneously turn on the AT mechanism. > > Isn't it pointless to use authentication unless all of the devices > support it? > > Regards, > Michael > _______________________________________________ OSPF mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ospf
