[57901] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Selfish routing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A Steenbergen)
Fri Apr 25 23:21:21 2003
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 23:19:53 -0400
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: alex@yuriev.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10304252318130.11667-100000@s1.yuriev.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 11:21:09PM -0400, alex@yuriev.com wrote:
> However, claims "we have a special technology that magically avoids
> problems in the networks that we do not control" is the egineering
> religion.
Magically, no. Random good luck just by having lots of paths to choose
from and a way to detect which one "works"... it's possible.
Theoretically there *IS* a use for optimized routing (yes, outbound only),
it's just that implementing it is a little more difficult than talking
about it. :P
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