routing table go boom

Sander Steffann sander at steffann.nl
Wed Mar 20 16:33:09 UTC 2013


Hi,

> As the ETR is not the final destination, it is subject to blackholing
> after ETR, which means:
> 
>   The function in question can completely and correctly be
>   implemented only with the knowledge and help of the
>   application standing at the endpoints of the communication
>   system.
> 
> Granted that it is no worse than multihoming by routing protocols.
> 
> But, it merely means that neither BGP nor LISP works "completely
> and correctly".

Well, yeah, if your internal routing (behind the ETR) breaks then your network is broken...

Met vriendelijke groet,
Sander Steffann





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