The argument against route optimizers (assuming appropriate ingress\egress filters) is a religious one and should be treated as such.
From: "Töma Gavrichenkov" <ximaera@gmail.com>
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>, "Dimeji Fayomi" <oof1@students.waikato.ac.nz>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 9:53:46 AM
Subject: Re: Performance metrics used in commercial BGP route optimizers
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>, "Dimeji Fayomi" <oof1@students.waikato.ac.nz>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 9:53:46 AM
Subject: Re: Performance metrics used in commercial BGP route optimizers
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 5:49 PM Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
Most of which are bunk if you and your upstream have appropriate filters.
True, and, while we're at it, it's okay to drink and drive a car if the manufacturer has built enough driver assistance systems in it.
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Töma