Meeting all requirements

From: GSRouting@dualccie.com
Date: Sun May 18 2003 - 17:19:06 GMT-3


I haven't seen this one discussed before, so I'll toss it out there for
discussion. I believe I know the "correct" answer, but just wanted to see
what other people thought.

Here's an example.

11.11.11.11/24 ---- R1 ------------ R2 ---- 22.22.22.22/24

Step one has me configure OSPF between the two including their loopbacks.
R1's loopback 11.11.11.11 should not show up as /32 in R2's routing. (ip
ospf network point-to-point)
Step two asks me to filter the 11.11.11.x route inbound on R2.

Now doing step two successfully meets step one's requirement of no /32 route
in the routing table, but to get the points for both sections, would I need
to meet the requirements in step one first? I know it wouldn't hurt in this
instance, but I always try to keep my configs to a minimum.

The reason I ask is that I had assumed in the past that we were supposed to
look at the big picture, and if a requirement was met by a later task, then
it would be acceptable. Now I believe the opposite, and am curious what
other people feel about this.

-Eric



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