> On Dec 7, 2018, at 5:44 PM, Nico Williams <nico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 03:46:15PM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote: >> 1) We have long-lived TCP sessions, measured in years. (Implied: many >> of the transport people really prefer stable routes without >> flapping/jitter/reordering from us) > > <rhetorical> > I've long wondered why BGP has to be this way and why it still is after > so many years. > </rhetorical> I have seen BGP sessions up for over 7 years on some routers. One can argue if this is a good thing or bad. It’s quite an interesting thing to see and go “wow, someone forgot about this one …” - jared
