Re: (multi6) requirements draft comments

[Andrew Partan <asp@partan.com>]

On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 01:44:45PM -0800, Tony Hain wrote:
> If you fold the above complexity into your graph along with the other
> ~12000 ASs that are prefix origins today, and managing the
> topology-names becomes an administrative burden as topology is
> constantly shifting.

No, not if the system does the work for you.  Managing the topology
abstractions is something the system should do, not people.

> > the users have to renumber when they change providers, and
> 
> Actually they have to renumber everytime their neighbors change
> providers as well, because the entire graph changes around them.

No, only if they change their attachment point.  If your neighor
changes his attachment point, he renumbers, not you.
	--asp