[nsp] BGP Q

[Bradley Dunn]

Matthew Crocker wrote:
> 
> On Feb 9, 2004, at 5:24 PM, jlewis at lewis.org wrote:
> 
>> Yes.  You can prepend (I use the provider's ASN) received routes just as
>> you would prepend outgoing routes (route-map).
>>
>>
> 
> You should always prepend with YOUR ASN.  If you prepend your providers 
> AS and later accidentally leak the route it is harder to track where the 
> path is being munged.

If you prepend with your ASN and pass those routes via iBGP they will be 
discarded. (Unless you disable loop detection, which is not advisable.)

Bradley