Re: redundancy [was: something about arrogance]

[Patrick Evans <pre () PRE ORG>]

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Jim Shankland wrote:

> Patrick Evans <pre () PRE ORG> writes:
>
> > My first project, if network availability were a key issue, within any
> > organisation would be to a) obtain [an AS number] and b) make use of
> > it.
>
> Heh.  How many bits in an AS number, again?
*grin*

That's a problem with the underlying protocol. I get paid to run
operational networks, not bleat endlessly about "how much work would
it *really* take to implement 24bit AS numbers?" :)

Crying about protocol deficiencies is a distant second to keeping a
business up and running these days.

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