IDR and BESS, which standardize BGP and BGP related VPN features in IETF, are doing working group last calls on features relating to BGP extended communities and are looking for community input.

The motivation for this update was the link bandwidth feature, extensively used by data center and service provider networks. That feature completed last call recently. The related plumbing for the main extended community feature, and the EBGP DMZ use case for link bandwidth that allows for aggregation, are the pieces going through last call.

4360-bis last call thread:
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/idr/fftaCU5jpiYynWFfgex0dkjXB4E/

EBGP DMZ last call thread:
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/bess/7t7F7X2yf59V-6YWv1v3L5NErXY/

#ietf #idr #bess #bgp #ietf125

When I talk to people about Trust and technology, I tend to reduce it to a trite example:

You're in a bathroom in an airport and need to wash your hands. Will the automated soap dispenser work? Will the hands-free water at the sink work? How about the device that's supposed to help you dry your hands?

Anyone who's flailed at any of these like they're trying to cast a spell knows exactly what the setup for Trust is and how it can fail at any step of the way.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/ai-and-trust.html