[38245] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: engineering --> ddos and flooding
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geoff Zinderdine)
Fri Jun 1 14:56:37 2001
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From: "Geoff Zinderdine" <geoffz@mts.net>
To: <lucifer@lightbearer.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 13:56:24 -0500
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> Including the BGP session, I would think, thus causing it to reset and
> drop the route, sending all the traffic back to the primary, which
unfloods
> the smaller link, which re-advertises, which...
>
> Flappage, anyone?
Why not just advertise the host route with an unreachable next hop from your
main peering session?
Best regards,
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Geoff Zinderdine
CCNP CCA MCP
MTS Communications Inc.
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"I'd rather route than switch."
