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Re: advisory attribute in IRR

  • From: Mr. Jeremy Hall
  • Date: Wed Sep 18 02:19:35 1996 
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-->In message <[email protected]>, "Mr. Jeremy Hall" writes:
-->> -->
-->> -->Can anyone give me a pointer to information on what the advisory attribute
-->> -->in the IRR does and who pays any attention to that attribute?
-->> -->
-->> -->Thanks.
-->> -->
-->> 
-->> [nostats.Reston.mci.net]
-->> route:       198.79.88.0/21
-->> descr:       ISDNET-NET
-->> origin:      AS279
-->> withdrawn:   941122
-->> advisory:    AS690 1:3561
-->> notify:      [email protected]
-->> mnt-by:      SURA
-->> changed:     [email protected] 950517
-->> source:      MCI
-->> 
-->> IMHO this means that when telling AS690 about this route to prefer 3561 
-->> as an exit point.
-->> Is this correct?
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-->It means no one deleted the advisory field after the field's use was
-->depricated in October 1995.
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-->Curtis
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well since we're into deprecated attributes, what did the comm_list 
attribute do? It appears to be gone now from that route, but at one time 
it was there and I think I can still dig through some to find it. The 
attribute always said, comm_list: comm_NSFNET
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