21 Oct
2005
21 Oct
'05
2:33 p.m.
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Randy Bush wrote: the internet model is to expect and route around failure. randy That precludes agreement on a definition of "failure". In recent weeks we have once again learned that a large fuzzy fringe around any sort of 100% consensus makes life interesting. For instance; was the withdrawal of certain routes from your BGP sessions a "failure" for you? Was it for superwebhostingforfree.com, who relies on a single provider for transit? matto --matt@snark.net------------------------------------------<darwin>< The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke