[afnog] Concern about gTLD servers

[Graham Beneke]

On 20/03/2012 10:16, Nishal Goburdhan wrote:
> ##################### local-route-server.is.co.za #####################
>
> local-route-server>sh ip bgp 192.33.14.30
> BGP routing table entry for 192.33.14.0/24, version 361750863
> Paths: (1 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
> Flag: 0x820
> Not advertised to any peer
> 3741 26415 26415, (aggregated by 26415 196.34.130.2)
> 168.209.255.8 from 168.209.255.8 (168.209.255.245)
> Origin IGP, localpref 100, valid, external, atomic-aggregate, best
> local-route-server>ping 192.33.14.30
>
> Type escape sequence to abort.
> Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.33.14.30, timeout is 2 seconds:
> !!!!!
> Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/4 ms

That's very interesting. It would appear that somewhere between that 
instance and me there is someone who has failed to make proper use of 
BGP local-preference...

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Graham Beneke