On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Jin Tam wrote:

> Does anyone here peer with Verizon or work for the NOC. These guys are
> telling me that I can't advertise an address block that doesn't belong to
> them. So, what the hell is the point of a BGP session if I can't advertise
> the same address through 2 or more providers. Also, I pointed my advertised
> address at Null0 so that there would be a route in the table. They are
> telling me that all the traffic will be dropped at the router. I had to

well it would, except that:

1. you are no doubt pointing an aggregate to null0, and the actual routes
which have meaning are more specific.
2. you are using a high administrative distance on that route

> explain to their networking team about the longest match rule. Are these
> guys hiring high school grads for the NOC team?
> 
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