Re: Global BGP - 2001-06-23 - Vendor X's statement...

[Steve Schaefer <schaefer () simone dashbit com>]

It seems that the right way to handle a malformed route or two depends on
who's speaking and who's listening.

If I'm a backbone provider and I hear a bad route from a customer, I'm
going to drop that connection.  I have no incentive to take any risks.
This is just as the RFC currently reads.

If I'm a customer, I really don't want to shut off the service that I'm
paying for.  If I'm not going to propagate the routes beyond my borders,
why should I drop the whole session?  The risk is entirely mine, and a
partially corrupted table is better than no connectivity at all.