> The solution isn't to rule out such problems because they're > "unsolvable." There are, in fact, at least two systems that can solve > this problem.
in the harsh realities such as o a significant portion of the internet's isps will not publish peering and customer business relationships, o ASs are not homogenous, A gives B local peering and international transit in frankfurt, but B may have no relationship with A in new york, or B may be A's customer in new york, and you will never know (and you do not want to see how this is done if you are anywhere near a meal) o etc. could you point to where two such systems are documented? otherwise, i have to conclude that o this is just a repeat of the non-sense which wasted years of time of the last ietf attempt in this area, o and we should do what we know how to do, which, though not a total panacea, will be a non-trivial improvement on the current situation, and o and we should leave the research to an irtf wg. randy _______________________________________________ sidr mailing list sidr@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sidr