On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 09:22:34AM +0100, Thomas Mangin wrote: > On 28 Aug 2010, at 08:56, Randy Bush wrote: > > > imiho, researchers injecting data into the control plane are responsible > > to have tested it at least against major bgp speakers. and, considering > > its placement in the net (big core), i consider ios xr to be a major > > speaker. > > > > i suspect that these folk will test better next time. i sure hope so. > > Not sure the researcher can afford to buy a ios xr and may not have access to > one ! > > Thomas
while this is undoubtedly true for hobbiest researchers, there are pretty good relationships between vendors and some research facilities with a strong interst in ensuring there is external review of the code base(es). (I am personally aware of at least five such facilities...:) hence I am going to have to echo Randys sentiments. This was just sloppy. --bill