BGP origin attribute

[Ondrej Zajicek]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 09:37:56AM +0200, Olivier Benghozi wrote:
> 
> > Le 1 juin 2018 à 05:05, Arvin Gan <AGan at advaoptical.com> a écrit :
> > 
> > I also notice the explanation  from Cisco is all redistributed route are INCOMPLETE. What's your opinion ?

That it does nor really matter.

> And on Juniper side, all redistributed route are IGP :P
> Which is probably smart, since BGP origin attribute is an oldie created
> for compatibility with EGP, and that should have since been killed a long
> time ago, so everything as IGP makes sense (to basically remove origin
> from the best route choice).

I agree with this stance. Also note that using different bgp_origin value
than IGP makes you vulnerable to dirty play from transit operators.

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