......... Paul Ferguson is rumored to have said: ] ] At 08:53 PM 7/11/96 -0500, Alan Hannan wrote: ] ] > Vadim, ] > ] >] 2) Don't Do Any Dynamic Routing Where Only One Path Exists. ] > ] > Certainly I would not agree with this rule. ] > ] > If I have a tail router that is down, I do not want to send ] > traffic to him, when he is not there to receive it. Rather, I ] > would want my intermediate router to reject it right off. ] > Furthermore, I do not want to extend nondynamic notification in my ] > network. ] ] Alan, ] ] 'Tis better to black-hole packets than to flap. Ahhhhh.... but I'd prefer to flap than have to track down evil legacy statics.... Dealing w/ flapping is much more intellectually stimulating :) I did neglect to mention that fascist null0 static-ing at my egress points helps to decrease the ramifications of any flapping. -alan