Re: Comments

[bmanning () ISI EDU]

> > Actually, I think the RA (in the context of coordinated routing registries 
> > and route servers) does provide a gain.  Virtually all the RIPE papers (ripe81
> > and derivitives) indicate that a common route registry will become a critical
> > component in the internet.  (RIPE has had a functioning RS @ mae-east for
> > a number of years now)  The use of such services has several advantages,
> > including reducing the number of peers that you MUST peer with. None of this
> > precludes your ability to set up as many bilateral arraingments as you as an
> > ISP, feel you need.  
>
> Please be careful about mixing route registries and route servers.  I
> think each serves different purposes & different arguements can be made
> for the usefulness of each.
>
> I presonally am not yet sure of the usefulness of route servers.
> However I do think that route registries are very useful.
>       --asp () uunet uu net (Andrew Partan)

I tried to keep it clear, although it can be very confusing.  As a point
of clarification, is the RIPE engine at mae-e a registry or server?
(feel free to jump right in here martin/tony)

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--bill
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