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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Heads up: Long AS-sets announced in the next few days
* [email protected] (Lorenzo Colitti) [Fri 04 Mar 2005, 02:09 CET]: > As far as the RFC is concerned, the AS-set is part of the AS-path. See > Section 4.3, which says the AS-path is "a well-known mandatory attribute > that is composed of a sequence of AS path segments. Each AS path segment > is represented by a triple <path segment type, path segment length, path > segment value>," where path segment type is 1 for AS_SEQUENCE and 2 for > AS_SET. I stand corrected. > The RFC also says: > >> An AS_SET implies that the destinations listed in the NLRI can be >> reached through paths that traverse at least some of the >> constituent autonomous systems. > > which is exactly what we are doing. Which would be planning to advertise routes with attributes claiming a topology that does not conform to reality? -- Niels. -- The idle mind is the devil's playground
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