0. Logistics: --> Google hiring in networking --> Only 18 of you have started assignment 2 (and there's a midterm to prepare for). 1. Inter vs. intra-domain routing --> AS-level path vs. router level path --> Business interests (local preference) vs. user experience (path metric) --> Reachability vs. optimality. 2. Inter-domain routing: the border gateway protocol --> Protocol between different border gateways. Aside: what does the border gateway protocol use for communication? --> eBGP: exchanging information between domains --> iBGP: propagation this information within a domain 3. Choosing between alternate paths --> Mechanism: local preference --> Policy governed by business relationships: Peering vs. transit --> How peering vs. transit affects local preference. --> Example 1: Toy example using lecture notes --> Example 2: Boomerang routing 4. Historical notes (if time permits) --> Flattening of the Internet --> YouTube outage