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Re: Selfish routing


From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 23:19:53 -0400


On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 11:21:09PM -0400, alex () yuriev com wrote:
However, claims "we have a special technology that magically avoids
problems in the networks that we do not control" is the egineering
religion.

Magically, no. Random good luck just by having lots of paths to choose
from and a way to detect which one "works"... it's possible.

Theoretically there *IS* a use for optimized routing (yes, outbound only),
it's just that implementing it is a little more difficult than talking
about it. :P

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