On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 at 18:18, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se> wrote:
Bootstrap problem. You need the ASN/prefix list to go onto the box before it can do anything, and you need to keep updating it.
That would come from the IGP routes, as it comes today.
And yes, the TE aspect is going to be a big pushback, as this would mean lots of tricks people use today wouldn't work anymore. We have an deaggr ratio of close to 3 vs optimal, and your proposal would basically take away that tool.
Agreed. Even though this is status quo bias, we think what we have is a requirement because it was what was possible with the limitations we had. If we had another set of limitations, we'd have another set of solutions, which we'd then believe to be requirements. -- ++ytti