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Re: IDR WG agenda

John Scudder <jgs@ieng.com> Thu, 27 February 1997 23:47 UTC

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From: John Scudder <jgs@ieng.com>
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Subject: Re: IDR WG agenda
To: Paul Knight <pknight@baynetworks.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 17:23:09 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <3315FB59.6FBE62C0@BayNetworks.com> from "Paul Knight" at Feb 27, 97 04:23:37 pm
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> I believe Curtis is right about this.  

Per private e-mail in which Curtis explained himself I (sort of) agree 
with this part.

> There is clearly a well-known community (NO_ADVERTISE) which looks like
> it should accomplish this (allowing setting a local-pref known only at a
> specific router).

(I believe that MED was being discussed, not localpref, but anyway.)  The
NO_ADVERTISE attribute prevents *the entire route* from being propagated, 
not just the given attribute.  I don't think that was the desired effect.

--John

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