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BGP attributes through IGP
- Subject: BGP attributes through IGP
- From: ikiris at gmail.com (Blake Dunlap)
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 21:53:13 -0600
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Mpls, GRE, line gun...
At some point, you want to stop beginning technical designs with "Doctor!
Doctor! It hurts when I do this. What can I do?"
The answer doesn't generally change, no matter how many times it's asked.
-Blake
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Glen Turner <gdt at gdt.id.au> wrote:
>
> Saku Ytti wrote:
> >
> > It's essentially abusing (some what well-defined and interoperable
> abuse) 32b
> > tag field for this purpose.
>
> That's pretty much what the OSPF tag and the BGP's synchronisation with
> OSPF were originally intended for.
>
> However it's pretty much a design misfeature and you'd be happier with
> iBGP over a tunnel
>
> -glen