I don't consider bug fixes to be permutations :-) :-) > >The way the GRF does this is rather cute, actually (including the way the > >routes are picked up from the core table and distributed to the cards, etc). > > > Cute is such a frivalous word, I would say it is an engineering marvel. > Ok, that might be pushing it considering my bias' ;-) > > Tom Actually, I consider it "cute", given that this kind of architecture was something that I wrote about oh, what was it now - four years back? Yeah, I think it was somewhere around that time. 1993ish and change, and actually, that was the second go-around - the first was the float of the idea to the Incredibly Bad Machine people (:-) two years prior to THAT because I expected to need that kind of switching capability at a place that I was at the time employed (and over which they had a strangle-hold supply contract). -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin <A HREF="http://www.mcs.net/">http://www.mcs.net/</A> | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg11008.html">Re: (ASCEND) BGP 4 ? (fwd)</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Tom Easterday <tom@ieng.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10996.html">RE: (ASCEND) BGP 4 ? (fwd)</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com></LI> </UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10999.html">Re: (ASCEND) BGP 4 ? (fwd)</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net></LI> </UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg11006.html">Re: (ASCEND) BGP 4 ? (fwd)</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Tom Easterday <tom@ieng.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11007.html">Re: (ASCEND) Re: 5.0Ap34</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11006.html">Re: (ASCEND) BGP 4 ? (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11006.html">Re: (ASCEND) BGP 4 ? (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11008.html">Re: (ASCEND) BGP 4 ? (fwd)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#11010"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd251.html#11010"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>