Tier-2 reachability and multihoming

Fri Mar 25 05:46:30 UTC 2005

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 bmanning at 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
>
>