[26053] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verio Decides what parts of the internet to drop
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Danny McPherson)
Thu Dec 2 22:38:17 1999
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To: "James A.T. Rice" <James_R@jump.org.uk>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Danny McPherson <danny@qwest.net>
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Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 20:38:02 -0700
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> Uhh, maximum-prefix is used for the maximum number OF prefixes from a
> neighbour
Uhh, yeah. Which is what I believe Alex R. was referring to when initially
suggesting other methods by which one could control the large numbers of
prefixes advertised by some large peers, large numbers of prefixes that cannot
be accommodated by today's routers and prefix filters.
-danny
