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Re: Intra/Inter - was Inet-II

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@isi.edu)
Fri Oct 11 14:30:40 1996

From: bmanning@isi.edu
To: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon)
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:15:27 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.961010182828.20976J-100000@sidhe.memra.com> from "Michael Dillon" at Oct 10, 96 06:30:05 pm

> 
> You mean that routing protocols need to take account of policies? ;-)
> 
> Or do you mean that BGP isn't good enough?
> 
> Michael Dillon                   -               ISP & Internet Consulting

Yes... (silly :)
Yes... (serious)

BGP has a number of serious flaws.  The more complex the routing mesh, the
more they will become visable.  And if what I see is correct, IDRP, the 
BGP heir, has the same sets of problems.


--bill

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