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TODO
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1) None of the packet decode routines check the type field in the header
against their own type field. Could probably put the approriate check
in the standard header decode code.

2) I don't think that the LSA routines check their own type field either.

17) When decoding a link state update packet if an LSA is not
decodable either due to being an unknown type or some other problem
the whole packet is discarded. Only the bad LSA should be dropped. See
section 13 of the RFC.

19) The delayed ACKs are not delayed. The peer should probably hold a
delayed ack list that is transmitted ocassionally.

28) An LSA can be looked up by type,id and advertising router
(find_lsa()). In an exception to this Network-LSAs can be looked up by
id only (find_network_lsa()). The two lookups are currently linear
scans of the database. Add a map for each lookup type to speed up
lookup.

29) In xrl_target.cc calls are made directly to the peer_manager,
equivalent calls exist in the ospf class and should be used in
preference.

30) It is a requirement that LSAs should not be originated more
frequently than MinLSInterval (5 seconds). It is also a requirement
that an LSA is not accepted if it arrives more frequently than
MinLSArrival (1 second). Generated LSAs are added to the delay queue
in the area_router. If an LSA arrives more frequently than 1 second it
is ignored. When as part of the database exchange process an LSA is
requested it is returned immediately (not delayed by 5 seconds). As
soon as routers become adjacent a new Router-LSA is generated. This
Router-LSA is ignored because in the regression tests it typically
arrives before 1 second. The retransmission of the Router-LSA
eventually fixes the problem. We should probably delay the sending of
the Router-LSA somehow after an adjacency is formed. Adding a
timestamp to LSAs could be used to stop this problem or the delay
queue could be prodded when a self originated LSA is requested. We
could also perhaps be a little more permissive about the first LSA
that violates the 1 second rule.

This problem has been partially fixes by firing the delay timer when a
self originating LSA is requested in a link state request packet.

36) There is a queue to which route adds and deletes are added. The
queue does not handle replace or discard routes. Plus policy tags
should be passed in somehow.

37) The original design did not leave MaxAge LSAs in the
database. When an LSA reached MaxAge it was removed from the database
and existed only in retransmission lists. If an LSA was received which
seemed to be from a previous incarnation of OSPF it had its age set to
MaxAge and was fired out, also not being added to the database.  If
while a MaxAge LSA is on the retransmission only, either a new LSA
such as a Network-LSA is generated or an updated LSA arrives a second
LSA can be created with the same <Type,ID,ADV> tuple. Two LSAs can
exist on the retransmission list. Leaving the a MaxAge LSA in the
database solves both problems but doesn't deal with when to purge the
LSA. The indicator that an LSA can be purged is when its NACK list
becomes empty.

Currently the MaxAge LSAs are purged in valid_entry_database() this
method is called to build the list of LSAs during database exchange.

Remove the purge code from valid_entry_database() make it and
subsequent() const again. When a MaxAge LSA is removed from the
retransmission list and the NACK list becomes empty have it callback
to the area code from the peer code to remove the LSA from the
database. One possible implementation is to actually put a callback in
the LSA itself that the peer code invokes.

If MAX_AGE_IN_DATABASE in database is not defined then a check is now
made for the duplicate LSA in the retransmission list.

It might be appropriate to leave MaxAge LSAs on the retransmission list.

If this fix works then do away with MAX_AGE_IN_DATABASE.

40) When the adding of routes is more robust change the XLOG_ERROR to
an XLOG_FATAL in route_command_done().

44) The packet header encode and decode routines should use AUTH_* consts
not hard coded numbers.

47) During shutdown the method PeerManager<A>::virtual_link_endpoint
gets called. The vlink database has knowledge of a peer that has been
removed and a warning is printed. Modify the code to remove peerids
from the vlink database when a peer is removed.

48) If the user disables an address that OSPF is using via the xorpsh
then the interface/peer is taken down. Part of the interface down
process involves leaving multicast groups. When leaving a multicast
group in IPv4 the interface address is used as the key to the
kernel. Disabling an address via the xorpsh removes the address from
the kernel the subsequent attempt to leave the multicast group fails
generating an error. OSPF in the IPv4 case should check if the address
(key) is still enabled before attempting to leave a group.

49) When a policy is modified OSPF receives a push_routes call. All
routes that are sent to the RIB are re-filtered, the import policies.

The routes that are introduced to OSPF via an export policy are
currently not re-filtered. A method External<A>::push_routes() exists
but currently does nothing. If the "then" part of an export policy is
changed such as setting the nexthop, or the ebit or the tag. The route
is currently pushed through the system again so the filter can be
re-run. Currently no functionality seems to be lost by not
implementing this method, as the routes are always pushed through the
system anyway. For completeness the method should be implemented for
the day that a policy change does not force all routes back through
the system.

In order to implement the push_routes the network, nexthop, metric and
possibly policytags must be saved in a separate list, Or the
AS-External-LSA could be augmented to hold the original values.

52) When implementing OSPFv3 the Vertex class was modified to hold a
list of all the Router-LSAs that a router had generated. Currently
only one entry is ever placed on the list. In order to support
updating the list the SPT code will have to be modified to return a
node. The list of Router-LSAs is actually held in LsaTempStore. Either
the list should be updated in the Vertex class or it should be
reverted to holding a single entry. My preference is reverting to
holding a single entry.

53) The program in test_packet.cc contains a number of asserts of the form:
XLOG_ASSERT(rlsa->known());
XLOG_ASSERT(!rlsa->link_local_scope());
XLOG_ASSERT(rlsa->area_scope());
XLOG_ASSERT(!rlsa->as_scope());
One for each LSA type, replace these asserts with a proper test for
known and scopting, note this is OSPFv3 only.
 
Possible issues
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1) Received hello packets are demultiplex on the source address of the
packet or on the router ID, depending on the linktype that the packet
arrived on. If a packet is being demultipled on the source address and
the router ID changes is this likely to be a problem?

2) In the OSPFv2 case when generating router links the state backup is
treated the same as DR_other, which generates links. Previously the
backup state generated no links. In the OSPFv3 case in state backup we
generate no links. Its not clear what the correct behaviour should be.

3) All LSAs carried in Link State Update Packets now have
InfTransDelay added to them. InfTransDelay is being added to self
originated LSAs as well is this correct?

4) The Network-LSAs are not explicitly stored in the area router. It
*may* improve performance to store a reference to any Network-LSAs in
the PeerState data structure.

5) The set_maxage() method on an LSA sets the age to MaxAge. It does
not however manipulate the origination time. Therefore any subsequent
erroneous calls to update_age() may revive an LSA. It may be safer to
hold a separate flag in an LSA to stop the age being updated once it
has been set to MaxAge.
