Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!PUCC!GETTES From: GETTES@PUCC.BITNET (Michael R. Gettes) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.nodmgt-l Subject: Re: Routing tables from pathalias Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 90 15:42:14 GMT Sender: Node Management Discussion Reply-To: Node Management Discussion Organization: Princeton University, CIT Network Systems Lines: 16 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 9 Feb 90 20:11:51 EST from On Fri, 9 Feb 90 20:11:51 EST Roger Fajman said: >If, for one reason or another, a site cannot generate it's own routing >tables, then fine, have NETSERV for something else generate them. But >a site that can't run the tools to generate their own routing tables >may well not be able to spend a lot of time and effort converting some >sort of generic table format to something they can use. Obviously we should be in a mode where both services are achievable. However, a set that cannot run the tools to generate their own routing table certainly can get some previously written tool to post-process a pathalias map. And, if the site is a brand new node and there exists no other node on the network with their table format, they are going to have to develop some tools anyway. I believe this is not a valid nor realistic point. /mrg