[12380] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: LSR and packet filters
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Sat Sep 13 20:54:54 1997
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 97 17:45 PDT
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: Vadim Antonov <avg@pluris.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> traceroute -g is the _only_ useful application for LSR. Disabling LSR and
> adding an application level service for tracing back would be just as
> useful.
Vadim. I am just a stoopid operator with a network to run. I am not at all
cheered by trading a tool that works for a theory that could be designed and
implemented some day.
Until inter-NOC operation is facile, we have few tools for debugging inter-
provider routing problems. So we use what we have although we realize that
they have flaws.
Not to discourage you and others from developing better tools. Please!
randy
