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[Yakov Rekhter <yakov@juniper.net>]

Danny,

[clipped...]

>   o the whole point again was because it's simple.  Let's have 
>    a look at the components of simple:
> 
>     o BGP VPN-IPv4 NLRI (w/RD & RT)
>     o BGP Capabilities
>     o Multiprotocol BGP
>     o BGP Route Refresh
>     o BGP ORF
>     o BGP Route Reflection or Confederations
>     o BGP Extended Communities
>     o LDP
>     o MPLS
>     o BGP
>     o Non-congruent BGP topology w/different VPN AF peerings
>     o Core state (or alternative topology)
>     o BGP Label
>     o super glue
>     o edge-to-edge LSPs
> 
>   There are a few others, but I think folks get the point.  

And the point is that not every vendor may have sufficient expertise
to implement this in a scalable and robust fashion. But, of course,
I doubt any vendor who falls into this category is going to admit
this, especially in public. So, here comes FUD...

yakov.

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