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["James V. Luciani" <jluciani@tollbridgetech.com>]

Yakov,
   Wow,  such rapier-like wit and technical depth all wrapped in a
one-liner.  Now if you would like to help clarify the issue rather than
snipe at someone who is trying to be helpful, I for one would like to hear
your input.
--Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Yakov Rekhter <yakov@cisco.com>
To: James V. Luciani <jluciani@tollbridgetech.com>
Cc: Krishna Bala <kbala@tellium.com>; Jagan Shantigram <jagan@photonex.com>;
Jonathan Lang <jplang@lux.chromisys.com>; <curtis@avici.com>; Khaled Elsayed
<khaled@ieee.org>; <mpls@UU.NET>; <ip-optical@lists.research.bell-labs.com>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: Comments on draft-ip-optical-framework-00.txt


> Jim,
>
> > > Just to beat a dead horse .. the difference between the open model
> > > and the overlay is just that the overlay model typically suggests that
> >
> > That depends... see below.
> >
> > > there would be N^2 connectivity (i.e., every router, for instance, is
> > > statically connected to every other). In any case, the open model
allows
> >
> > While there may indeed be some misunderstanding as to the meaning of the
> > "overlay model" (not to mention the meaning of the other models :-)),
the
> > traditional definition of overlay is not one of static operation.  NHRP
and
> > MPOA, for example, are overlay in my book (and most folks that I know).
> >
> > They most certainly imply non-static connections by defintion (i.e., use
of
> > SVCs).  This having been said, I believe that we can do one of two
things
> > here.  One, keep the current terms and potentially risk an ad nauseum
> > inspection of the meaning of these terms; or two, come up with a term
which
> > is satisfactory to all.  In the second case we would have models:
> > 1) X
> > 2) Peer
> > where X is the PC term for what we want to get at.  So my opine is that
> > X="augmented routing model"/ARM model.
> >
> > Do I hear a hmmmm???
>
> I think you do. And it comes from you - it is your own hmmm.
>
> Yakov.