From dab63afe2f03ffb8be632cb8cedc0fabd1deb5b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Geoff Goodell Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:49:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added short note about route selection to dir-spec.txt svn:r3382 --- doc/dir-spec.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/dir-spec.txt b/doc/dir-spec.txt index 4480f17b12..5007369476 100644 --- a/doc/dir-spec.txt +++ b/doc/dir-spec.txt @@ -167,4 +167,9 @@ router in transport domain B must have pushed its descriptor to a directory server in transport domain A, so that the directory server in transport domain A can use that router to reach the directory server in transport domain B. +When confronted with the choice of multiple different paths to reach the same +router, the Blossom nodes may use a route selection protocol similar in design +to that used by BGP (may be a simple distance-vector route selection procedure +that only takes into account path length, or may be more complex to avoid +loops, cache results, etc.) in order to choose the best one.