Hi Alice,
Thank you for the reminder, I will go over the questions asap.
Would you like a reply inline or as an XML update?

Regards,
Luc André

Luc André Burdet  |  lbur...@cisco.com<mailto:lbur...@cisco.com>  |  Tel: +1 
613 254 4814


From: Alice Russo <aru...@staff.rfc-editor.org>
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 14:15
To: Patrice Brissette (pbrisset) <pbris...@cisco.com>, Ali Sajassi (sajassi) 
<saja...@cisco.com>, Luc Andre Burdet (lburdet) <lbur...@cisco.com>, 
je_dr...@yahoo.com <je_dr...@yahoo.com>, Jorge Rabadan (Nokia) 
<jorge.raba...@nokia.com>
Cc: bess-...@ietf.org <bess-...@ietf.org>, bess-cha...@ietf.org 
<bess-cha...@ietf.org>, Matthew Bocci (Nokia) <matthew.bo...@nokia.com>, Gunter 
Van De Velde (Nokia - BE/Antwerp) <gunter.van_de_ve...@nokia.com>, 
auth48archive@rfc-ed <auth48archive@rfc-editor.org>
Subject: Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9722 <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-fast-df-recovery-12> 
for your review
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> On Apr 28, 2025, at 4:34 PM, rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org wrote:
>
> Authors,
>
> While reviewing this document during AUTH48, please resolve (as necessary) 
> the following questions, which are also in the XML file.
>
> 1) <!--[rfced] May this be rephrased to the form of other definitions?
>
> Original:
>   Service carving:  DF Election is also referred to as "service
>      carving" in [RFC7432]
>
> Perhaps:
>   Service carving:  This refers to DF Election, as defined in
>      [RFC7432].
>
> Or (if you decide to more closely match RFC 7432):
>
> Perhaps:
>   Service carving:  The default procedure for DF Election, as
>      detailed in [RFC7432].
> -->
>
>
> 2) <!-- [rfced] Because RFC 5905 refers to the "prime epoch" as follows,
> would you like to update this sentence to match RFC 5905 more closely?
>
>> From [RFC5905]:
>   In the date and timestamp formats, the prime epoch, or base date of
>   era 0, is 0 h 1 January 1900 UTC, when all bits are zero.
>
>
> Current:
>   The timestamp exchanged uses the NTP prime epoch of January 1, 1900
>   [RFC5905] and an adapted form of the 64-bit NTP Timestamp Format.
>
> Perhaps:
>   The timestamp exchanged uses the NTP prime epoch of 0 h 1 January
>   1900 UTC [RFC5905] and an adapted form of the 64-bit NTP Timestamp
>   Format.
> -->
>
>
> 3) <!-- [rfced] Regarding double figure titles.
>
> a) FYI, for Figure 3, the title has been updated as follows
> (rather than use two title lines). The figure appears to exactly
> match Figure 4 in RFC 8584.
>
> Current:
>   Figure 3: DF Election Extended Community (Figure 4 in RFC 8584)
>
>
> b) FYI, for Figure 4, we have removed one line as follows because
> Figure 5 in RFC 8584 has been updated, and it has a different title
> ("Figure 5: Bitmap Field in the DF Election Extended Community").
>
> Original:
>                    Figure 5: DF Election Capabilities
>
>                     Figure 4: DF Election Capabilities
>
> Current:
>                     Figure 4: DF Election Capabilities
>
>
> c) Would you like to make any of the following changes for clarity?
>
> - update the figure title as follows:
>
>   Figure 4: DF Election Capabilities (Updating Figure 5 in RFC 8584)
>
> - or add lead-in text before Figure 4, such as the following:
>
>   For the Bitmap field (2 octets), Figure 5 from [RFC8584] is
>   updated as follows:
>
> - or change to OLD/NEW format (where OLD is the figure from RFC 8584
>  and NEW is the updated figure)
> -->
>
>
> 4) <!--[rfced] Section 2.3: the new text.
>
> a) Is the word "not" missing in 9.1 or 9.2? In other words, should
> they be different ("If x is present" and "If x is not present")?
>
> b) Depending on your reply to the earlier question (#7),
> please let us know how "SCT timestamp" should be updated here.
> If this is intended to refer to the new Extended Community, and
> the name in the IANA registry is correct, then perhaps it would be
> updated as follows?
>
> Original:
>    9.1  If an SCT timestamp is present during the RCVD_ES event of
>         Action 11, wait until the time indicated by the SCT minus
>         skew before proceeding to step 9.3.
>
>    9.2  If an SCT timestamp is present during the RCVD_ES event of
>         Action 11, wait until the time indicated by the SCT before
>         proceeding to step 9.4.
>
> Perhaps:
>    9.1  If a Service Carving Timestamp is present during the RCVD_ES event of
>         Action 11, wait until the time indicated by the SCT minus
>         skew before proceeding to step 9.3.
>
>    9.2  If a Service Carving Timestamp is present during the RCVD_ES event of
>         Action 11, wait until the time indicated by the SCT before
>         proceeding to step 9.4.
> -->
>
>
> 5) <!--[rfced] FYI, we updated "to partner PE1" (two instances) for clarity.
> We assume the meaning is "its partner PE1" rather than "to partner with
> PE1" or similar. Please review.
>
> Original:
>   3.  Advertisement: PE2 advertises RT-4, sent at t=100, to partner
>       PE1.
> [...]
>   4.  Advertisement: PE2 advertises RT-4, sent at t=100, with a target
>       SCT value of t=103 to partner PE1.
>
> Current (parentheses as used in Section 3.1):
>   3.  Advertisement: PE2 advertises RT-4, sent at t=100, to its partner
>       (PE1).
> [...]
>   4.  Advertisement: PE2 advertises RT-4, sent at t=100, with a target
>       SCT value of t=103 to its partner (PE1).
> -->
>
>
> 6) <!--[rfced] Please clarify "the negative effect of the timer to allow".
> May it be updated as shown or otherwise?
>
> Original:
>   Using the SCT approach, the negative effect of the timer to allow the
>   reception of Ethernet Segment RT-4 from other PE nodes is mitigated.
>
> Perhaps:
>   The SCT approach mitigates the negative effect of the timer
>   allowing the reception of Ethernet Segment RT-4 from other PE nodes.
> -->
>
>
> 7) <!--[rfced] "Service Carving Time" vs. "Service Carving Timestamp"
>
> The document and the IANA registry do not match regarding the name
> of the new BGP EVPN Extended Community; which one is correct?
> (Please see A vs. B below.) Based on your reply, please
> review other sections for updates (examples below).
>
> A) Original
>   0x0F       Service Carving Time
>
> B) IANA registry (https://www.iana.org/assignments/bgp-extended-communities/)
>   0x0F       Service Carving Timestamp
>
>
> Examples of potential updates in Sections 2 and 2.1.
>
> Original:
>   A new BGP EVPN Extended Community, the Service Carving Time is ...
>
> If the IANA registry is correct:
>   A new BGP EVPN Extended Community, the Service Carving Timestamp, is ...
>
>
> Original:
>   Figure 2: Service Carving Time
>
> If the IANA registry is correct:
>   Figure 2: Service Carving Timestamp
>
>
> Original:
>   which are encoded in the Service Carving Time as follows:
>
> If the IANA registry is correct:
>   which are encoded in the Service Carving Timestamp as follows:
> -->
>
>
> 8) <!-- [rfced] Because this document updates RFC 8584, please
> review the errata reported for RFC 8584 
> (https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc8584)
> and let us know if any updates are needed for this document.
>
> Specifically, please review EID 7811 
> (https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid7811)
> regarding Section 3.2 (HRW Algorithm for EVPN DF Election).
> The text from the errata report does not appear in this document;
> however, the HRW algorithm is mentioned.
>
> (It appears no actions are needed for EID 5900, as
> the term "Broadcast Domain (BD)" is not used in this document.)
> -->
>
>
> 9) <!-- [rfced] Throughout the text, the following terminology appears to
> be capitalized inconsistently. Please review these occurrences and let
> us know if/how they may be made consistent.
>
>   DF Election vs. DF election
>      (seems lowercase is used in RFC 8584 in running text, i.e.,
>       outside titles or proper nouns like "DF Election Extended Community")
>
>   Extended Community vs. extended community
>   Fractional Seconds vs. fractional seconds
>   Time Synchronization vs. time synchronization
> -->
>
>
> 10) <!-- [rfced] Please review the "Inclusive Language" portion of the online
> Style Guide <https://www.rfc-editor.org/styleguide/part2/#inclusive_language>
> and let us know if any changes are needed.  Updates of this nature typically
> result in more precise language, which is helpful for readers.
>
> For example, please consider whether the following should be updated:
>   "blackholing" (one instance):
>
>  *  Prolonged traffic blackholing, if the timer value is too long
> -->
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> RFC Editor/st/ar
>
>
> On Apr 28, 2025, rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org wrote:
>
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> --------------------------------------
> RFC9722 (draft-ietf-bess-evpn-fast-df-recovery-12)
>
> Title            : Fast Recovery for EVPN Designated Forwarder Election
> Author(s)        : P. Brissette, A. Sajassi, LA. Burdet, Ed., J. Drake, J. 
> Rabadan
> WG Chair(s)      : Matthew Bocci, Stephane Litkowski, Zhaohui (Jeffrey) Zhang
> Area Director(s) : Jim Guichard, Ketan Talaulikar, Gunter Van de Velde
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