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Re: [rrg] Geoff Huston's BGP/DFZ research - 300k DFZ prefixes are the tip of the iceberg

Paul Jakma <paul@jakma.org> Mon, 15 March 2010 05:28 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rrg] Geoff Huston's BGP/DFZ research - 300k DFZ prefixes are the tip of the iceberg
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On Mon, 15 Mar 2010, Robin Whittle wrote:

> I thought that you were arguing against the existence of the 
> routing scaling problem, because in your first message in this 
> thread, you wrote:
>
>  > However, it does not seem justified to say the current routing
>  > architecture has a scaling problem.
>
> Since I have difficulty understanding what you describe as your
> "scribblings" in a manner you agree with,

If a person disagrees that a hypothesis has been proven, it does not 
of itself follow that the person believes the hypothesis has been 
disproven.

You seem to exclude "Insufficient evidence at this time to draw a 
conclusion" from the set of valid views people may hold on a topic 
(as does the straw poll that led to me post).

regards,
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Paul Jakma	paul@jakma.org	Key ID: 64A2FF6A
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