[51643] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: AT&T NYC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Iljitsch van Beijnum)
Tue Sep 3 11:33:18 2002
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:31:09 +0200 (CEST)
From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
To: Frank Scalzo <frank.scalzo@amerinex.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <2CF5AB5ABE16F24E9EEE478E18F054BE466400@go7o43.floristnet.g5p>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Frank Scalzo wrote:
> Since when is BGP a bug-free protocol? Let's not forget the BGP best
> path selection algorithm itself is broken
Actually, the RFC says the route selection algorithm is a local matter, so
if it's broken on your network, then strictly speaking, it's your own
fault.