Re: "Selfish Routing"

[Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se>]

On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Pete Kruckenberg wrote:

> Abstractions and analogies aside, is this really a problem,
> and is it really worth solving? Sounds like a lot of
> additional complexity for the supposed benefits.

When I read the article I didnt recognize anything in it that correlated
with my understanding as to how BGP et all works. Am I the only one who
after reading it thought the author needs to cut back on whatever drugs he
is taking?

I have never seen any router "send test packets and time them" nor take
congestion into account when doing routing decisions?

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike () swm pp se