[ih] BGP vs EGP

[Vint Cerf]

that is my understanding also, dave.

On Aug 25, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote:

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> Jack Haverty wrote:
>> Bob's recollections agree with mine.
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> Thanks, folks.  This detail has been helpful.  Glad it's now part of  
> this list's archive.
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> Just to summarize what I think got said:  I had understood that the  
> operational net could only support one backbone.  What I am now  
> understanding is that the issue was manual vs. automated addition of  
> backbone /routes/ and that BGP made the latter possible.
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> d/
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>  Dave Crocker
>  Brandenburg InternetWorking
>  bbiw.net