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Re: Consistent routing policy?


From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:41:57 +0200



On 16/Sep/19 20:26, Töma Gavrichenkov wrote:



Not always.

No, longest match ALWAYS wins.



E.g. imagine an ISP who has two connections to the outside world: one
through a major ISP and the other through an IX.

Such an ISP would be quite inclined both financially and technically
to import routes just from the IX and set the default to the upstream
ISP link.  Therefore, an advertisement from the IX would always win no
matter the length.

Which is why I included, in my previous message:

    So, for example, if the upstream to whom you are sending the /21 doesn't
    do anything about how they learn the /22 from another source, (for their
    network)...

Mark.


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