Order of ASes in the BGP Path

Tue Aug 30 01:00:45 UTC 2005

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Abhishek Verma wrote:

> Legend: {} denotes the sequence, while [] denotes the set
>
> Path {1 2} [3 4] {5}
>
> Would somebody mind if this was represented as {1 2 5} [3 4] ?

I see it as a bad idea for bgp table / routing analysis as it
completely confuses who is #5 really peering with.

But at this time, I'd like to see you actually provide justification
as it applies to your case for why you would want to change bgp route
for routes coming from #5 in the first place?

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William Leibzon
Elan Networks
william at elan.net