geo short vs long term? [Re: Geo pros and cons]

[Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>]

On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
>                                          So in the absense of better 
> short-term solutions (unless you include forbidding multihoming as a 
> short term "solution") and considering the fact that this can be 
> implemented relatively painlessly, I think it is worth it.

I would not classify geo as a short-term solution.

Sure, it can be implemented rather quickly, no doubt about that.  For the
first years "geo" is probably just a shorthand for "advertise full /48's
from under specific geo-prefix".  And in 3-5 years when we try to start
aggregating, we might run into troubles.  And what do we do if we can't 
solve those problems sufficiently?

But can it be unimplemented if that's seen fit?  Doesn't seem likely.

So it seems to me that if we go for geo, we go for good.  Which is why a
lot of deliberation is required.

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