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Re: Test Route
- From: bmanning
- Date: Tue Jan 31 18:10:23 1995
- Posted-date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 14:57:54 -0800 (PST)
>
> > From: bmanning@ISI.EDU
> >
> > Hi,
> > Much as I like to debate RFC 1597 and Firewalls... That is not
> > the topic of this thread.
> >
> > I was pointing out a useful (to me) hack to verify BGP peering
> > and route generation w/o the need to "expose" routes that
> > I might not be authoritative for.
> >
> > I would like to know if others think this was/is worthwhile?
>
> If you don't propagate the route, why does it matter?
>
> ---Rob
Ah, but I do. Its a TestRoute that carries no other information.
This effectivly re-casts this prefix/mask into a tool for testing
reachability. Just becasue I have a BGP peer up does not equate to
route exchange. Once I send the TestRoute and you ack that it is received,
then I have a higher assurance that our exchange works.
--
--bill
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