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[Kireeti Kompella <kireeti@juniper.net>]

Hi Shahram,

On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Shahram Davari wrote:

> I would like to point out a few facts that I think you should consider
> when deciding about the faith of this draft.
>
> 1) Version-03 is basically a Brand New draft and has almost nothing in
> common with version-02.

Are you really questioning the "faith of the draft" (or the good
faith of the authors) because the draft changed?  Pretty amazing!

> Therefore I recommend that you read this draft carefully.

Good idea!  If one actually looked at the changes, one could make
*technical* comments instead of argumentum ad draftinem.

For those who are interested, the new version addresses three issues:
a) data plane failure detection for *any* LSP;
b) fault isolation for *any* LSP;
c) reliable return paths.

The -02 version only addressed (a) and (c), and only for RSVP LSPs.

Kireeti.

PS: Expect the draft to change further ("those rat finks did it
    again!") :-)