[5256] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Intra/Inter - was Inet-II
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Sat Oct 12 22:17:10 1996
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 22:12:41 -0400
To: bmanning@isi.edu
From: Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Herr Manning,
At 11:15 AM 10/11/96 -0700, bmanning@ISI.EDU wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
Another suggestion? Lacking one, one might suggest that the complexity
of the 'mesh' needs to be simplified.
- paul
