On Thu, 2021-05-06 at 17:09 +0000, Senthil Kumar Nagappan wrote: > Hi, > > I did sent this message a week back but I could not see it in the mailing, > moreover just now subscribed to this mailing list, so sending this again. > > I’m seeing some issues with ospf adj over ptp numbered/unnumbered interface. > > 1. For p2p connections, ospf should be sending only multicast packets to > allospfrouters, but I see its sending to unicast address. > (From RFC “On physical point-to-point networks, the IP destination is always > set to the address AllSPFRouters”)
Agreed, I recall fixing the same for Quagga long time ago. > 2. For ptp over unnumbered interface, bird requires peer address > configuration which is not required from the ospf perspective. Because bird > is using peer address and sending > unicast packets, bird cannot form multiple ospf adj over ptp unnumbered > interface between 2 endpoints using same peer address. > Made some quick changes and have attached the patch that addresses the > issues. Relaxed the source ip address validation for ptp link in packet.c for > now. More validation can be > added to make it complete. I don't quite understand what you are saying here, can you elaborate? Jocke
