[85214] in North American Network Operators' Group
Fw: Nuclear survivability (was: Cogent/Level 3 depeering)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com)
Thu Oct 6 06:53:36 2005
To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 11:54:34 +0100
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> While I realize that the "nuke survivable" thing is probably an old
> wives tale, it seems ridiculous that "the Internet" can't adjust by
> routing any packets that used to go directly from Cogent to Level 3
> though some 3rd (and) 4th (and) 5th set of providers that are connected
> in some fashion to both...
It's not a myth. If the Internet were running RIP instead of BGP
that is likely what would happen. Of course, there are a few downsides
to running RIP on the open Internet as well...
Today's Internet is a few generations beyond what Paul Baran
originally conceived and the policy and politics of
business does tend to gum up the works a bit now that
there is no serious threat of global nuclear war.
--Michael Dillon
