I've never subscribed to the "Are you sure?" concept, or preventing problems by removing functionality, effectively tying an operator's hands behind his/her back. The fact is that redistributing BGP into an IGP can have its uses (though not usually, okay, never, when carrying a full table on the public Internet) and I'd hate to see the messy workarounds that would come about, when the solution could otherwise be straightforward. My Windows workstation asks me "Are you sure?" all the time. Just annoying, really. C. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Donelan [mailto:sean@donelan.com] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 6:01 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: redistribute bgp considered harmful Should the Service Provider version of routing software include the redistribute bgp command? Other than CCIE labs, I haven't seen a real-world use for redistributing the BGP route table into any IGP. If the command was removed (or included a Are your sure? question) what would the affect be on ISPs, other than improving reliability by stopping network engineers from fubaring a backbone?