[afnog] AS filtering question

[Mark Tinka]

On Tuesday, September 03, 2013 09:53:08 AM Saul Stein wrote:

> In an effort to improve my BGP configs, I am wanting to
> create an AS path filter for each of my neighbours (as
> some have a large number of paths)
> 
> Have any of you got some logic to use for numbering?
> 
> I was thinking of using the AS number for the filter, but
> one can only use 1-500 for AS filters.

I'd say just keep it simple, don't try to make it too fancy 
as you can end up with so many ways to do so that will only 
lead to complexity later on.

One thing you should note is that AS_PATH filters are 
"slow", but are a valid filtering mechanism.

Mark.
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