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From: willy@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Willy Konijnenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Mail survey #1
Message-ID: <136@ssp10.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 9 Sep 88 16:28:37 GMT
References: <4740@b-tech.UUCP> <4747@b-tech.UUCP> <4748@b-tech.UUCP> <3703@rayssd.ray.com> <4750@b-tech.UUCP> <3710@rayssd.ray.com> <4753@b-tech.UUCP>
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I get the impression that some careful reading is required in this discussion.
Jon and Gregory seem to consistently misinterpret eachothers texts.

In article <4753@b-tech.UUCP> zeeff@b-tech.UUCP (Jon Zeeff) writes:
>In article <3710@rayssd.ray.com> gmp@rayssd.RAY.COM (Gregory M. Paris) writes:
>>> Mail that was completely routed by up to date, consistent pathalias 
>>> data has never been a problem.  One problem is created when a site 
>>> thinks that it has better map info than the originating site.  Marking 
>>> links as DEAD avoids these sites and this problem.
>>
>>I take from this that you are saying that it is OK to actively reroute
>>as long as you use up to date, consistent pathalias data.

Nope Jon. What Gregory says is that full routing with pathalias is not the
problem, but active RErouting is.
In my opinion, full routing from the very source is not entirely ok
either, but that is not discussed here.

>>The results of your poll were interesting, but I still don't think your
>>conclusion that active rerouters should mark all links as DEAD makes
>>sense. 

Hey, nobody said the rerouters should change their maps! What has been
suggested is that if you have a problem with an active rerouter, YOU mark
all links to that site as DEAD in your copy of the maps. That way, YOUR
pathalias will not route THRU the offending site and your problem is solved.
You don't need the cooperation of the rerouter for this.
The result of this would eventually be that everybody is carefully avoiding
the rerouters and the rerouters form isolated, lonesome islands in the net.

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Willy Konijnenberg               Philips Telecommunication & Data Systems
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