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[yakov@watson.ibm.com]

Bruce,

>I've seen proposed solutions for BGP4... and BGP4 is one of the most
>difficult IP routing protocols to configure (at least here).

The following represents an example of a BGP4 configuration (provided
by Paul Traina, cisco Systems):

    router bgp 109
    neighbor 1.2.3.4 remote-as 5

I personally don't find this example to fit your description of BGP4
as "one of the most difficult IP routing protocols to configure".

Granted that other, more complex BGP4 configuration are possible, but
such configurations are nothing, but a reflection of complexities that
exist in real networks.

The point is that complexity of BGP4 config always reflects the
complexity of routing requirements imposed by domains -- for simple
requirements the config is simple, for complex requirements the config
is complex.

Yakov.