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Re: Global BGP - 2001-06-23 - Vendor X's statement...

  • From: Robert E. Seastrom
  • Date: Tue Jun 26 15:25:58 2001 
Sean Donelan <[email protected]> writes:

> I would prefer implementations (not vendors) reject the one router which
> they don't like, and accept the other 100,000+ routes in the global Internet
> without flapping BGP sessions.
> 
> Killing 100,000 routes because you don't like one seems a bit excessive.

Accepting a clearly defective route that may be a bellwether for a
router that has gone completely nuts seems a little bit naive and
trusting.

                                        ---rob