It's slightly inaccurate in that it doesn't mention any other routing protocol than BGP. BGP is used between Autonomous Systems, but within ASs usually other routing protocols are used.
To call this "inaccurate" because it's missing out on what is mostly an unnecessary detail is going way too far.
BGP is the routing protocol on the internet, and it's a fairly common one to see inside enterprise networks as well - iBGP is for routing inside an AS. Describing OSPF, IS-IS, etc would have just made things a little more complicated without adding anything.
Re:Network Protocols
by dronemallone on Thursday June 08, 2017 @11:48PM
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BGP is a policy-based routing protocol, whereas OSPF/RIP are performance based. BGP is not "the" routing protocol, just that it's widely used because of its simplicity.
You should consider reading Kurose/Ross: http://eclass.uth.gr/eclass/modules/document/file.php/INFS13...
Maybe I don't understand the realities of networking as well as I though. But my understand was that once packets enter my ISP's network, on my home connection, the rest of the way they get routed to me with protocols other than BGP. That's quite a lot of routing being done with non-BGP protocols.
Between major networks, BGP.
Inside the major network to your cable headend or similar: OSPF or IS-IS or something else - in the largest ISPs, a combination of iBGP to get things to right area and then OSPF, IS-IS or EIGRP in medium areas.
Inside your house: almost always static routes, no protocol for exchanging reachability info.
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Re:Network Protocols
by emcrazyone on Friday June 02, 2017 @09:28PM
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Exactly, I thought the very same thing. In fact, I read it with a critical eye at first and as I got through I was quite pleased. I thought it was really cool to mention the 8b/10b encoding near the end. yes, well done indeed!
Bravo - well done.
Edit - Also worth adding that this article is a rarity in that the details are actually accurate! Even things I read in networking books and trades often have egregious errors - usually due to the breadth of the topic matter.