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[mc36 <>]

the time has come, happy april fools' day everyone :)
https://github.com/mc36/freeRouter/commit/fe13a6d406dc57402a71c9b9242debc9b0679575


On 2/26/22 12:14, mc36 wrote:
> hi,
> in preparation to rfc8212, freerouter's bgp implementation got a new knob, 
> "safe-ebgp"...
> it's default is disabled right now, and will appear in the config regardless 
> if it's enabled or disabled...
> it means that the current bgp behavior will remain intact with this change...
> however, to fully support the named rfc, the default need to be changed...
> for that to happen, at least, the current configurations need to be saved 
> again on the new images...
> no additional configurations are needed because this will result in the 
> inclusion of the current,
> "no safe-ebgp" state will be declared in the startup configs...
> after a month of grace period, the default will change to enable this 
> feature...
> the new bgp processes created afterwards will default to the safe-ebgp, and
> the existing ones will already contain the "no safe-ebgp" knob saved in....
> regards,
> cs