Re: Performance metrics used in commercial BGP route optimizers

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

More like do whatever you want in your own house as long as you don't infringe upon others. 




The argument against route optimizers (assuming appropriate ingress\egress filters) is a religious one and should be 
treated as such. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Töma Gavrichenkov" <ximaera () gmail com> 
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net> 
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>, "Dimeji Fayomi" <oof1 () students waikato ac nz> 
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 9:53:46 AM 
Subject: Re: Performance metrics used in commercial BGP route optimizers 





On Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 5:49 PM Mike Hammett < nanog () ics-il net > wrote: 




Most of which are bunk if you and your upstream have appropriate filters. 




True, and, while we're at it, it's okay to drink and drive a car if the manufacturer has built enough driver assistance 
systems in it. 


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Töma