> But regardless of the financial arrangements, such a connection doesn't > require an ASN or BGP. In fact, it doesn't even require a registered IP > address at either end! A simple Ethernet connection (or a leased line of any > kind, in fact; it could just as well be a virtual circuit) and a static > route would work just fine.
Anybody else feel a vendor t-shirt in the works? "Who needs BGP to peer, a static route would work just fine!" Time to get back into the Hot Tub Time Machine and back on point. *hangs head in shame*
