Re: Networks ignoring prepends?

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 3:27 PM Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc> wrote:
> > Unless overridden, BGP takes -distance- into account where distance =
> > AS path length.
>
> An AS_PATH length of 10 could be a physical distance of 1 mile.
>
> An AS_PATH length of 1 could be a physical distance of 1000 miles.

Nevertheless, in the protocol's design, the one expressed in the
RFC's, AS path length = distance.

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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