[78910] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Tier-2 reachability and multihoming
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (G Pavan Kumar)
Fri Mar 25 00:47:55 2005
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Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:16:30 +0530 (IST)
From: G Pavan Kumar <pavanji@cse.iitb.ac.in>
To: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
Cc: Nanog Mailing list <nanog@merit.edu>,
Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 12:18:34PM -0800, Bill Woodcock wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, G Pavan Kumar wrote:
>> > Actually, I am not doing what you think I am. I am using the RouteViews
>> > aggregation of the BGP routing tables. RouteViews is a project at the
>> > univ. of Oregon that peers with backbones.
>>
>> Really? Could you tell us more about it? I thought there was just one
>> Internet backbone.
>
> Bill... Stop it!!! shooting fish in a barrel is
> no sport at all.
You think I am a fish in a barrel? Well, guess what, I didnt think it
through while entering your mouth that you're dumb enough to prefer it
rather in a barrel!!
>
>> > I am looking at almost full and fresh data.
>>
>> So what value do you assign to "almost full?" There's a difference
>> between "best" and "complete," which you may not be entirely appreciating.
>>
>> -Bill
>
> almost full == just after dessert
>
> and as you (and almost every one else on this list) know,
> there is zero chance of "complete" ... and "best" is always
> in the eye/routing-table of the beholder.
>
> --bill
>
>
