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RE: draft-zhao-opsec-routing-capabilities-00



Pushing SP risk assessment back in 2000 using data plane, management
plane, and control plane, the "control plane" was all the protocols and
traffic which glued the network together.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-opsec@psg.com [mailto:owner-opsec@psg.com] On 
> Behalf Of Tom Petch
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 3:37 AM
> To: zhaoye; opsec@ops.ietf.org
> Subject: Re: draft-zhao-opsec-routing-capabilities-00
> 
> I take issue with
> " The control plane is responsible for carrying the control 
> information
>    or signaling of the IP network. Its major elements are various
>    unicast and multicast routing protocols."
> as I would expect WGs like MPLS and GMPLS to do.  The control 
> plane is much more than routing, it includes signalling too, 
> and signalling is not routing.  These are murky waters where 
> I see no agreed IETF-wide definition of the planes (user, 
> data, control, management etc) and I see different working 
> groups taking different views.
> 
> I think your focus is on routing so that is what you should 
> say, stressing the importance of it, while avoiding too many 
> statements about what is and is not in the control plane eg 
> "The control plane is responsible for carrying the control information
>    of the IP network; unicast and multicast routing protocols 
> form a key part of it."
> 
> Of course, if the draft were extended to cover all aspects of 
> the control plane, that would be great, but perhaps it is 
> better to start simple(?).
> 
> Tom Petch
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "zhaoye" <z48186@huawei.com>
> To: <opsec@ops.ietf.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 3:55 AM
> Subject: draft-zhao-opsec-routing-capabilities-00
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi , folks
> >
> > Miao and I have finished a draft about security of the 
> control plane. 
> > The document tries to sum up the capabilities of control 
> plane for IP networks.
> > The URL is
> > 
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-zhao-opsec-routing-capabilit
> > ies-00
> > .txt
> > All comments are appreciated.
> >
> > thanks,
> > zhaoye
> >
> >
>