Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem

[Paul Ferguson <pferguso () cisco com>]

At 01:33 PM 3/2/97 -0500, Scott Bradner wrote:

> Mike says
> --
> The REAL problem is the growing complexity of the ROUTING COMPUTATION,
> not the size of the resulting forwarding table.  even if routers
> had infinite memory, we would still be crushed by the routing
> computation if allowed to grow unchecked.
> --
>
> and the frequency at which the computation must be done
>
> Scott

Ah, yes. Absolutely.

- paul

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