Looking Ahead
The Internet has come a long way from the NSFNET backbone to the information highway of the 21st century—and there are no signs of its slowing down. And how could the Internet slow down when thousands of users come online every day, attracted by the most advanced applications technology affords?
Routing protocols have struggled to keep up with the demand, from the early days of EGP to the latest in BGP. BGP started as a simple exterior routing protocol and has evolved into a de facto standard, gluing the Internet together. Indeed, every hook and tweak that BGP can offer has been used, and still it seems that more capabilities are requested every day. As a result, new protocols and new techniques will emerge. Whether they will ...
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