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you could refer to the discussions held at the joint ISOC/IETF mtg in Montreal in 1996 about injecting host routes for critical infrastructure support services. > > > I'm in washington this week, and as usual, some of the strangest > ideas come up. > > Suppose I wanted the best chance for my packet to get through, no > matter what tier 1, 2, 3 network was still operating between points > A and B. I designate a "special" IP address block, and arrange for > the top 10 providers to accept announcements for the block both > directly, and transit through any of the other 10 providers. This > would allow transit via a third-party network to restore connectivity > across a partioned AS. For this network block, other than BGP loop > detection, it would bypass the normal peer/transit/peer filters. > > If a AS was partioned, you might see a route cross two or three > primary backbones, and even the same backbone twice. But if the > packet went through, its worth it. > > The questions is: Are more available paths really better? Or does > it just create more instability? > > > >
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