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At 01:00 AM 11/14/98 +0000, Andrew Bangs wrote: >> > thank you for this nice code, which caused our gated to crash... >> > Where may i send my bill to :-))) >> >> I suggest the bill be sent to the guy/vendor that injected the >> bad path :-) > >Hmm. If the upstream had been running code that did what the RFC says >then Winfried wouldn't have a bill to send to anybody... >It isn't like this was the first time we've seen this problem, either. You really want all backbone routers to ignore AS-Path length in the BGP route selection process? I think I like it better the way it is now - at least for the near future. Hrmm.... Perhaps if the vendors covered the RFC error code type stuff at least, then they could add kewl, new features like "as-path length" as a step in the route selection process. > Andrew TTFN, patrick I Am Not An Isp www.ianai.net "Think of it as evolution in action." - Niven & Pournelle
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