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From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
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On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 02:36:50PM +0100, Brad Knowles wrote:
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> 	Oh, and then there are all the operational issues where 
> zebra/quagga can't keep sessions going when a neighbor flaps, etc.... 
> Those would require re-architecting the whole routing system, at 
> which point it might make a lot more sense to go with a different 
> implementation -- such as bgpd from OpenBSD.

Point taken, Brad. We look forward to your ports submission.

BMS