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yes. On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 09:58:52AM +0530, Tulip Rasputin wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a general policy question. > > Do the ISPs ever look for some particular AS number in the BGP AS_PATH and > then decide what action/preference/priority they need to take/give based on > the AS number(s) present in the BGP AS_PATH_SEQ/SET? For instance, does it > happen that an ISP receives some BGP paths, but because of some political, > social, economical, DOS attack, etc. reasons decides that it doesn't want > to accept this path because some particular AS number is present in the BGP > UPDATE. > > Basically, it doesn't want *its* traffic to flow via that particular AS > number(s). > > Or, if there is a mutual disagreement between two ISPs, and one doesn't > want his traffic to traverse the other's AS number. > > Does this sort of thing ever happen? Are such restrictive policies normal > in the ISP/IX scenarios? > > Thanks, > Tulip >
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