RE: Next question...

["Tony Li" <Tony.Li@procket.com>]

Tony,

|   Removing per-host from the solution set ... 
|   blinds the host
|   & applications from the alternatives. 


Well, if the host is not blind to the routing subsystem then you
end up with a tight binding between the subsystems in the
architecture.  Not to mention the fact that the host has to 
maintain or refer to a great deal of state.


|   From the app point of view, a network 
|   that does not
|   react appropriately is useless for anything more than a bit-pipe and
|   will be routed around or tunneled over (re: POTS, ATM, 
|   ...). 


Have a network that reacts then implies that you have no visibility in the
host and then have pushed the issues into the network.  Am I not following
you?


|   Managing
|   fine-grained TE aspects of uncoordinated traffic sources with an IGP
|   sounds like a nice research topic.


I think that you can safely assume that I, of all people, would not 
recommend that.

Tony