RFC 5065, "Autonomous System Confederations for BGP", August 2007

Errata ID: 3791
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Ramakrishna DTV
Date Reported: 2013-11-08
Verifier Name: Stewart Bryant
Date Verified: 2014-01-16

Section 7 says:

   Additionally, confederations (as well as route reflectors), by
   excluding different reachability information from consideration at
   different locations in a confederation, have been shown [RFC3345] to
   cause permanent oscillation between candidate routes when using the
   tie-breaking rules required by BGP [BGP-4].

It should say:

   Additionally, confederations (as well as route reflectors), by
   excluding different reachability information from consideration at
   different locations in a confederation, have been shown [RFC3345] to
   cause persistent oscillation between candidate routes when using the
   tie-breaking rules required by BGP [BGP-4].

Notes:

s/permanent/persistent

RFC 3345 nowhere refers to this oscillation as "permanent". It consistently refers to it as "persistent" only.

"Permanent" is a much stronger word than "persistent", and I believe is not applicable here.

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