Milo, I also believe that nothing should be implemented until the new routing coordinator is done under the NSF RFP. At best a recommendation should be put into place to consider. marty Yes. I think with the proper mods, we can support the kind of environment whe re nets can change carriers and such. However, it is vital to note that some amount of hierarchy is required to keep the routing info manageable. There is a trade-off between flexibility and scalability. If every group demands lots of flexibility, then it will not be possible to build the system as large as everyone might want... Thanks, Milo
Identifying requirements is necessary so that protocol mods can start to be done. If we wait until some procurement is awarded, there won't be enough time to do the necessary protocol work. Besides, the routing coordinator business is hardly settled on yet anyway. You have to decide what said org. is going to coordinate and what policys they obey before you can run a meaningful RFP... It's the substrate that decides how much flexibility you have in routing configuration anyway. Thanks, Milo PS If you know something I don't, let me know!
I am concerned that possibly parochial admin/operational requirements/disciplines affect the protocol specification of the requirements/protocols. I don't want another nsfnet centric proposal that assumes too much. This could be useful at any "level" of the Internet and should be designed as such. Marty ------- Identifying requirements is necessary so that protocol mods can start to be done. If we wait until some procurement is awarded, there won't be enough time to do the necessary protocol work. Besides, the routing coordinator business is hardly settled on yet anyway. You have to decide what said org. is going to coordinate and what policys they obey before you can run a meaningful RFP... It's the substrate that decides how much flexibility you have in routing configuration anyway. Thanks, Milo PS If you know something I don't, let me know!
Ah, ok, I see what you are getting at. I think once you decide SOME amount of hierarchy is necessary, it will be necessary to make some protocol mods to better allow this hierarchy to be implemented. The question of what exactly that hierarchy looks like is of course unclear at this time. Thanks, Milo
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