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[email protected] (I Am Not An Isp) writes: > You said you wanted routers that followed the RFC. The RFC does not > mention list AS_PATH length as a route selection criteria. I have been > told that the draft for the next rev specifically prohibits using AS_PATH > length as a route selection criteria. Patently false. In particular, the spec allows an implementation to invoke local policy when computing the local preference of a route. An implementation can reasonably incorporate the AS path length in its local preference calculations as part of its policy. Tony
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