BGP and aggregation

Mon May 13 10:57:19 UTC 2002

On Mon, 13 May 2002, E.B. Dreger wrote:

> As long as this is getting messy... I'm tempted to suggest
> confederations.  Or spending a few extra bucks on a second ASN,
> although that doesn't scale.

Multiple ASNs wouldn't solve anything in this case.  What was wanted was
under normal circumstances both A and B only announce a /20, and when the
link between A and B breaks announce more specifics.  Multiple ASN =
inconsistent AS.. no no.

- Paul