Re: Performance metrics used in commercial BGP route optimizers

[Hank Nussbacher <hank () efes iucc ac il>]

On 16/07/2019 20:41, Job Snijders wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 3:33 PM Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net 
> <mailto:nanog () ics-il net>> wrote:
>
>     More like do whatever you want in your own house as long as you
>     don't infringe upon others.
>
>
> That's where the rub is; when using "BGP optimisers" to influence 
> public Internet routing, you cannot guarantee you won't infringe upon 
> others.
>
>     The argument against route optimizers (assuming appropriate
>     ingress\egress filters) is a religious one and should be treated
>     as such.
There is a difference between BGP optimizers and route optimizers.  When 
was the last time you heard a complain about Akamai screwing up the 
global routing table over the past 12 years:

https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/news/press/2007-press/akamai-introduces-advanced-communications-protocol-for-accelerating-dynamic-applications.jsp

https://developer.akamai.com/legacy/learn/Optimization/SureRoute.html

-Hank