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Re: Routing Suggestions
From: Adrian Chadd <adrian () creative net au>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:20:14 +0800
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011, Jon Lewis wrote:
Unless you'd like to ensure the sensitive traffic doesn't cross an "unsafer" default rout path if the XC is down.BGP would have that same issue since B is default routing to their provider. [config for B] ip route <A's prefix> <mask> <gw to A> ip route <A's prefix> <mask> null0 250 ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 <B's provider> problem solved. If the gw to A is reachable, traffic goes via the cross connect. If the gw is down, traffic goes nowhere.
I was just making the observation; the solution is pretty simple. (Yes, I've seen "secure" network cross-connects get bitten by this. :-) Adrian -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $24/pm+GST entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA -
Current thread:
- Routing Suggestions Lars Carter (Jan 12)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Jared Mauch (Jan 12)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Jon Lewis (Jan 12)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Adrian Chadd (Jan 12)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Jon Lewis (Jan 12)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Adrian Chadd (Jan 12)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Jon Lewis (Jan 12)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Jared Mauch (Jan 12)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Joe Hamelin (Jan 12)
- Re: Routing Suggestions jim deleskie (Jan 12)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Joe Hamelin (Jan 14)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Matthew S. Crocker (Jan 14)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Jon Lewis (Jan 14)
- Re: Routing Suggestions Jack Bates (Jan 14)