12/06/2001
M3I Workshop, 18-19 June, UCL
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Problem
nBut the choices are still very limited, and are not available on the TCP session or RTT like times.
nRecent observations of BGP indicate that a number of large client sites (typically server farms) are trying to use "more specific prefixes" as a way tp punch routes through alternate ISPs.
nThis is wreaking a certain amount of havoc in the ISP community, mainly due to shortcomings in the BGP routing architecture.