[ih] EGP vs. BGP

[Dave CROCKER]

Vint Cerf wrote:
> The design contemplated multiple networks and alternate paths from the
> start. The configuration of the 3 net test artificially forced traffic from
> PRNET to ARPANET toSATNET to ARPANET again. The routing protocol in ginny
> strazisar's gateways was distance vector and I believe would handle multiple
> paths and backbones. V


OK.

So, did EGP reflect this flexibility?

(I am remembering the anecdote of Bob Bradent's working from UCL back to ISI 
over a satellite link, having it freeze when the line go down, go off to have 
lunch or dinner, and return to a resumed connection; TCP doesn't have timeouts 
and it was only later that o/s implementations made them common. I am wondering 
whether the constraint to a single backbone for the Internet was an 
implementation choice, rather than being mandated by the standard routing protocol.)

Hence, what were the incremental benefits provided by BGP?

d/

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   Dave Crocker
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