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"Simon" == Simon Leinen <simon(_at_)limmat(_dot_)switch(_dot_)ch> writes:
Simon> On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:43:55 +1200, Franck Martin
<Franck(_at_)sopac(_dot_)org> said:
>> The backbone uses PIM because that's what cisco has implemented (in
short).
Simon> That's at least a gross oversimplification. There are fundamental
Simon> scaling problems with DVMRP, such as its use of "flood and prune" and
Simon> a RIP-like single-domain routing protocol.
Yes, and a result of having pre-maturely adandoned it, and it near
impossible for people to even bridge from one to another, we may never
actually have to worry about this scaling problem.
] ON HUMILITY: to err is human. To moo, bovine. | firewalls [
] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[
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