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Re: [lisp] LISP EID Block Size

Dino Farinacci <farinacci@gmail.com> Sun, 03 November 2013 23:05 UTC

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Subject: Re: [lisp] LISP EID Block Size
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> For instance, if it is an EID block you can send toward a PITR or drop if you think that PITR adds too much path stretch. 
> Or during the resolution delay of a non-EID block destination you forward toward a PETR or just natively.

This is a good point, becasue if you just look in the BGP RIB to determine if something is NOT an EID, then one could be mistaken if PITRs are injecing EID-prefixes into the BGP RIB.

Dino

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