Re: [RAM] Number of DFZ routers

[Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch at muada.com>]

On 29-mei-2007, at 5:41, Robin Whittle wrote:

> So if BGP could be radically improved, RAM-based FIBs would
> make the global routing system support finer-grained address
> assignment with greater efficiency of use, while supporting
> existing BGP multihoming practices to a granularity of 256
> IP addresses.  This would reduce the size and scope of the
> problems which remain to be solved by LISP etc.

> Unfortunately, no BGP experts think that such improvements
> are feasible.  Maybe some unconventional ideas from
> non-experts might be helpful.

If you present a common goal along with a list of things we're  
allowed to break, coming up with a new routing protocol that better  
meets these goals than BGP won't be too difficult. Shoehorning the  
changes into BGP would be harder. Deploying it a challenge. But the  
real problem is agreeing on the goals and throwing out current  
"features".

iljitsch at bgpexpert.com

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