[7958] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Big Squeeze
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Barrett)
Mon Mar 3 06:20:34 1997
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 13:07:42 +0200 (GMT+0200)
From: Alan Barrett <apb@iafrica.com>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <m0w1Pba-0007zYC@rip.psg.com>
> Also, it is thought that longer prefixes tend to flap more than shorter.
That's not because of the prefix length per se; it's because shorter
prefixes tend to be associated with a greater number of reachable
destinations per prefix, and that tends to imply better infrastructure
and more opportunities for aggregation and hold-ups.
--apb (Alan Barrett)
