[rrg] Fundamental objections to a host-based scalable routing solution

[Brian E Carpenter]

On 2008-11-25 10:04, Tony Li wrote:
>  
> 
> |The good news is that the RRG doesn't get to decide
> |about this. A host based solution will or won't deploy,
> |and will or won't succeed, on its own merits and regardless
> |of both the routing community and the ISPs. So I don't
> |think we need to discuss it here at all.
> 
> 
> The bad news is that we have to discuss this.  If a host based solution is
> in fact undeployable, then there's little point in RRG coming to consensus
> on one.

True, but while we're being pragmatic, it seems clear to me that the RRG
will never reach consensus on a host based solution in any case. And
since we have one in progress in the IETF already, aren't we done here?

   Brian