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11 - Computer Science and Informatics
University College London
LOUP: the principles and practice of intra-domain route dissemination
<04> This work appeared in NSDI, 7th of 1578 CS publication venues, according to ArnetMiner. We contribute a novel external route dissemination protocol we have *proven* cannot create forwarding loops--the first and only such protocol with a proof of loop freedom. The result is thus of theoretical rigour, but it is also of practical importance: loops in routing today congest the Internet backbone, disrupting communication for users. We have carried this protocol through to a working implementation for a software-based router, and thus demonstrated its practicality. A simulator for the protocol and the router implementation are available as open-source software.