Thursday, August 30, 2018

Re: OpenBGPD as route server - correct filter syntax ?

Thanks for your reply.

>
> If you are configuring a route server, you don't want "route-collector yes".
> Or if you want a route collector, it won't advertise any route so your concerns
> are null.


Interesting point. My understanding was that a route server did not make any best-path decisions and merely relayed what it was told ? That was my thinking behind "route-collector yes".

> This is not needed. Code says (rde_update.c L292) :
>
> if (peer == prefp)
> /* Do not send routes back to sender */
> return (0);
>

That's good news !

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