ML> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:30:01 -0400 ML> From: Matt Levine ML> Except that what you are proposing would allow your customer ML> to announce 2 /16's just fine from within one of rob's bogon ML> /8's, as the 2 /16's wouldn't be in your rib. Unless the route server processed all routes (several providers will do multihop EBGP over one extra hop) and delivered the "finished" RIB back to the border routers. Alternatively, the route server could wait for bogon routes to appear, then reactively inject a null route with higher local-pref... but having two RIB entries for every bogon prefix doesn't sound terribly enticing. Routers are good at forwarding, but not terribly flexible when it comes to manipulating the RIB. Considering certain routers' lack of CPU power, it becomes even more tempting to offload RIB processing... My kooky $0.02, Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : blacklist@brics.com -or- alfra@intc.net -or- curbjmp@intc.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.