[192622] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OSPF vs ISIS - Which do you prefer & why?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Thu Nov 10 11:50:28 2016
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From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
To: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
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Cc: Joel M Snyder <Joel.Snyder@Opus1.com>, nanog@nanog.org
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Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> This is a feature of IS-IS. You're less likely to get random crap in
> your IGP.
>
> :P
that alone makes a great argument for connecting to this sort of device
using bgp. Some vendors approach ospf with a hilarity-first attitude,
and at least bgp has the knobs to treat those sort of devices as if they
had a contagious disease.
Nick
