Re: Would you use the least statement to accomplish this task?

From: Ronnie Angello (ronnie.angello@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 17 2007 - 10:54:44 ART


If there is no specific requirement to use the fewest number of entries in
your ACL, do it the easiest way!

On 8/17/07, Toh Soon, Lim <tohsoon28@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> If you were asked to configure a route-map to match the following routes:
>
> 72.164.208.0/24
> 72.164.240.0/24
> 72.172.208.0/24
> 72.172.240.0/24
>
> Would you create an ACL with 4 entries or take the trouble to "compact"
> the
> entries into a single statement (in this case, it can be done), e.g.
>
> access-list 1 permit 72.164.208.0 0.8.32.255
>
> which matches all the above 4 routes, all the same.
>
> I guess unless the question asks to use the least statement to accomplish
> the task, I will just configure one ACE per route to be safe.
>
> Any opinion is welcome.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> B.Rgds,
> Lim TS
>
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