[AusNOG] [OT] Re: Quagga bgpd Crashes

[Gavin Tweedie]

Sean K. Finn wrote:
> Awesome test, I consider it a warning shot across the bow before the world gets on the 4Byte AS number bandwagon.
>   
Except we're already "on" the bandwagon. 4 byte ASNs are being allocated 
right now and are in use on the internet. Geoff has been announcing a 
test prefix for quite some time. This isn't new & also wasn't an 
intentional test.
> Perhaps this is one of the predicted 'Brownouts' of the posts of late.
>   
Lets not arm the journalists with ammo on topics that are totally 
unfounded. I know it's a joke but someone will print it as fact.

> 2. Geert Jan has done this before.
>
>   
Last time he was on the recieving end, he hasn't done this before.


> Therefore, I'm expecting that on his third try, perhaps in six years, third time lucky as the saying goes, he will send the worldwide network Sentient from which ... yabber yabber..
The last part of this post has no operational relevenance. We're all 
busy people and don't subscribe to this list to read random rablings.

> -S
> (Yes still awake on day 3 on a network outage high/)
>   
And finally.. why would you announce to the whole industry that you are 
suffering from a 3 day long network outage?

Gavin