[j-nsp] eBGP multihop

Christopher Morrow morrowc at ops-netman.net
Sat Jan 31 03:34:01 EST 2004


On Jan 29, 2004, at 11:51 AM, Khan, Amjad wrote:

> Hi,
> Can someone clarify in detail that why do we need to use eBGP 
> multihop/ttl2
> when using the famous 'blackholing' technique to discard malicious 
> traffic.
> Is it something to do with the nexthop self attribute?
>

you only require this setting if one of the 2 peers is a cisco :) I 
believe its actually explained somewhat at: www.secsup.org though it 
might need some better wording or clarification.



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