Re: [RRG] Which Side to Control Ingress Link Selection?

[Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>]

Hi Christian,

On 2008-03-19 05:44, Christian Vogt wrote:
> Brian -
> 
>> I wonder if this is a problem that will still exist in future?
>> In a world with maps distributed in the way we're discussing,
>> single-ended ingress or egress selection seems to vanish as an issue;
>> the issue is how to choose an egress/ingress pair that has
>> desirable path chararacteristics.
> 
> 
> Doesn't the issue persist independent of the characteristics based on
> which a path gets selected?  Independent of *how* a path gets selected,
> you need to decide *who* selects it (or who selects which part of it).

Well, that's true of course. But nothing can change the fact
that the originating host chooses the source address and destination
address that the packet starts out with, and all subsequent choices
depend on that.

     Brian

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