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Re: Why doesn't BGP...

  • From: Jon Zeeff
  • Date: Sun Nov 10 12:25:10 1996 
Sounds much like pathalias from the uucp days :-).  

> > expired) regarding BGP metrics -- the idea was to have a vector of
> > metrics (one per AS hop) instead of a single scalar metric; and allow
> > network operators to calculate weighted sums to obtain the locally
> > significant scalar metrics.  I.e. a network operator may decide for
> > himself how to interpret BGP metrics coming from different AS-es
> > (or by different paths).

I agree that the current "routing has no relation to congestion"
situation can and should be improved.
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