"sgorman1" == sgorman1 <sgorman1@gmu.edu> writes: sgorman1> Homogenous, in this context, does not mean similar platform sgorman1> connectivity, but nodes with same degree connecting to each sgorman1> other. Ah, that makes it more clear. So a full mesh would be better? ;-) sgorman1> Lots of problems in applying that to cascading failures in sgorman1> reality - making AS701 disappear, BGP allowing a cascading sgorman1> traffic failure from "having to redistribute" AS701's sgorman1> traffic etc etc. Hope that makes it more clear, but it is sgorman1> just my interpretation of someone elses work. Yeah, I have all sorts of problems with applying this model to reality. But then, we already determined that I was being stupid. ;-) thanks, Michael