Re: Bash IETF, not RIRs

[Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>]

marcelo;

> > Aggregation is not essential.

> I guess this is not really what you mean. aggregation is essential to
> provide scalability of the routing system, as your draft about ISP
> multi-homing explains (sort of)

Aggregation is not essential cause of the concern of Iljitsch.

> > Even if you use host routes, exsiting of a host route does not
> > guarantee that the host is reachable. It may be just a result of
> > misconfiguration.
> >
> > Routing systems give hint to help hosts make efficient decisions.

> Well i guess that the question then is it is worth it...

I wronte:

> Note also that this is not the only reason to have full routing table.
>
> The fundamental reason is because it is end to end.

> If the table is very aggregated, you don't really have much information

If the table have only a single entry, yes.

> If it is not, the amount of information is huge and it is very expensive for
> a host to store it

My presentation yesterday quantatatively showed you are totally wrong.

							Masataka Ohta