RE: multi-homing fixes

["Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb () clark net>]

> > This would also indicate the
> > timeframe needed for deployment of software to support 4 byte AS numbers.
> > FYI, recently issued AS numbers have been in the 22XXX area.
>
> Much of this thread appears to be operating under the flawed assumption
> that the only ways to multihome[1] involve inserting prefixes of
> some size (under dispute) into the global[2] routing table.

Alex,

Total agreement, and that's why I have written a user requirements 
draft and posted a suggestion of a focal point for information 
yesterday.  If the only tool you have is a BGP hammer, everything 
looks like a nail.

There are lots of other tools, but no one has ever, it seemed, 
cataloged the toolbox, and written down a beginner's guide to their 
applications.
> [1] = let's define that, for convenience, as to connect to n>1 different
> providers of IP connectivity, possibly utilizing redundant tail
> circuits, in a manner where if one or more, but not all providers
> fail, service is degraded as little as possible.
>
> [2] = less than global, if it becomes balkanized filtering
> in response to uncontrolled proliferation of long prefix
> routes
>
> --
> Alex Bligh
> Personal Capacity