
24 Apr
1995
24 Apr
'95
9:54 p.m.
In message <m0s3HEw-00030bC@rip.psg.com>, Randy Bush writes:
To move along an other tangent... What is the general wisdom on putting pull-ups on route annoucements to deter route flap? Vadim kindly gave me a static Null 250 hack to keep announcement up even if the source of the route drops it. Hence, you won't get the !H until you get to our border. Los pobre packitos will travel all the way and then get whacked. Seems to subvert one interpretation one could read into the intent of BGP.
randy
Most people consider this to be a good thing for single homed destinations. An occasional TCP SYN travels the net and then goes nowhere, but that's a small price to pay. Curtis