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<<On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 09:28:25 +0000, Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> said:

> routed we support largely out of nostalgia, I guess.

Modern routed does more than just RIP; it's responsible for all sorts
of routing-table management tasks that we mostly just pretend don't
exist (e.g., responding to RTM_LOSING messages).

-GAWollman