+1 on it depends. IMO, I would prefer LLDP vs. a vendor proprietary discovery protocol. Where you intend to run it in your network is a major factor for risk.
Also, you forgot to add LLDP-MED to #5 (but it might not be relevant to your services). -Eddie > On Feb 28, 2019, at 1:27 AM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > > The problem with your survey is that there’s no option to answer “it depends”. > > Hard yes or no answers aren’t realistic to the questions you’re asking > because the context, > security parameters, sensitivity, and other parameters about the network all > factor into a > decision whether to run or not run such protocols. > > There are some environments where the benefit and convenience is moderately > high > and the risk is extremely low. There are other environments where the benefit > is relatively > low, but the risks are significantly higher. > > Owen > > >> On Feb 28, 2019, at 01:00 , Pierfrancesco Caci <p...@tippete.net> wrote: >> >> >> Hello, >> having a bit of a debate in my team about turning on LLDP and/or CDP. >> I would appreciate if you could spend a minute answering this >> survey so I have some numbers to back up my reasoning, or to accept >> defeat. >> >> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TH3WCWP >> >> Feel free to cross-post to other relevant lists. >> >> Thank you >> >> Pf >> >> -- >> Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx >
