[130193] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: RIP Justification
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Sprunk)
Wed Sep 29 16:50:55 2010
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:45:43 -0500
From: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>
To: North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
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On 29 Sep 2010 15:20, Jesse Loggins wrote:
> A group of engineers and I were having a design discussion about routin=
g protocols including RIP and static routing and the justifications of us=
e for each protocol. One very interesting discussion was surrounding RIP =
and its use versus a protocol like OSPF. It seems that many Network Engin=
eers consider RIP an old antiquated protocol that should be thrown in bac=
k of a closet "never to be seen or heard from again". Some even preferred=
using a more complex protocol like OSPF instead of RIP. I am of the opin=
ion that every protocol has its place, which seems to be contrary to some=
engineers way of thinking. This leads to my question. What are your view=
s of when and where the RIP protocol is useful? Please excuse me if this =
is the incorrect forum for such questions.
(I assume "RIP" above refers to RIPv2.)
When the automobile was developed, plenty of folks thought horses were
obsolete and would fall completely out of use. However, the reality is
that there are still some things horses are better at, e.g. terrain that
automobiles (even 4WD) simply can't navigate, places where automobiles
are banned for safety, aesthetic and/or environmental reasons, etc.
Newer isn't always better.
S
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