12 Jan
2001
12 Jan
'01
5:23 p.m.
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 10:03:28PM +0000, Ryan O'Connell wrote:
BGP is TCP-based, so there is no (easy) way of ensuring that the keepalives go to the top of the queue without possibly corrupting the routing data itself.
But perhaps TCP connection handling (for existing connections anyway, so as not to make the router more susceptible to a SYN flood) could be bumped up, at which point you could hand off routing updates into one queue and keepalives into another. I know it's much easier for me to say than it would be to code, but it certainly seems doable and it sure could be a lifesaver during routing storms. -c