[193942] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: google ipv6 routes via cogent
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Niels Bakker)
Fri Mar 3 09:17:42 2017
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Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 15:17:37 +0100
From: Niels Bakker <niels=nanog@bakker.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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* nick@foobar.org (Nick Hilliard) [Fri 03 Mar 2017, 13:02 CET]:
>Niels Bakker wrote:
>>As I explained in the rest of my email that you conveniently
>>didn't quote, it's so that you can selectively import routes from
>>all your providers in situations where your router cannot handle a
>>full table.
>
>it can also break horribly in situations where the provider is
>providing "transit" but doesn't provide full transit.
You don't need to import them into your border router's FIB. It's
always good to be able to change your own routing policy without
having to consult your upstream's NOC.
-- Niels.