Re: Route table growth and hardware limits...talk to the filter

On Tue, Sep 11, 2007, Jon Lewis wrote:

You could even do two different versions. A loose version that just throws out covered subnets with same as-path and a BOFH version that throws out all apparently gratuitous subnetting smaller than RIR minimums, but not all smaller than RIR minimum routes.

I just wonder how huge the list would be and what the CPU and config size damage would be.

If only people were charged for CPU time and RIB hardware space used on other peoples' routers to carry their stuff. (<tongue, cheek, etc />) Adrian