Hi, On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 02:21:18PM +0000, James Bensley wrote: > I have had some people tell me that they do or have used the origin type, as > a gentler way to prioritise/deprioritise stuff than MED or AS prepending. If > that is a good idea or not is a different questing, everyone has different > contexts.
origin comes before med, so it's far from "gentle" :-) https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/border-gateway-protocol-bgp/13753-25.html (see last mail, we were trying to affect traffic with med, and different origin values bit us) [..] > We could write a draft BCP and throw that into an IETF WG to see what happens > (to see what feedback / backlash / praise comes out of it). Who'd be > interested in collaborating on such a draft? *raise hand* Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard, Karin Schuler, Sebastian Cler Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279
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