......... Paul Ferguson is rumored to have said:
]
] At 08:53 PM 7/11/96 -0500, Alan Hannan wrote:
]
] > Vadim,
] >
] >] 2) Don't Do Any Dynamic Routing Where Only One Path Exists.
] >
] > Certainly I would not agree with this rule.
] >
] > If I have a tail router that is down, I do not want to send
] > traffic to him, when he is not there to receive it. Rather, I
] > would want my intermediate router to reject it right off.
] > Furthermore, I do not want to extend nondynamic notification in my
] > network.
]
] Alan,
]
] 'Tis better to black-hole packets than to flap.
Ahhhhh.... but I'd prefer to flap than have to track down evil
legacy statics.... Dealing w/ flapping is much more
intellectually stimulating 
I did neglect to mention that fascist null0 static-ing at my
egress points helps to decrease the ramifications of any flapping.
-alan