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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: redundancy [was: something about arrogance]
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Jim Shankland wrote: > Patrick Evans <[email protected]> writes: > > > My first project, if network availability were a key issue, within any > > organisation would be to a) obtain [an AS number] and b) make use of > > it. > > Heh. How many bits in an AS number, again? > *grin* That's a problem with the underlying protocol. I get paid to run operational networks, not bleat endlessly about "how much work would it *really* take to implement 24bit AS numbers?" :) Crying about protocol deficiencies is a distant second to keeping a business up and running these days. -- Patrick Evans, allegedly Email: [email protected] CV: www.pre.org/pre/cv Wheels: Kawasaki ZXR400L9
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