Security: access-list inbound with BGP sourced from Loopback

From: Joseph Saad (joseph.samir.saad@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 24 2007 - 18:33:23 ART


I have trouble understanding the following regarding access-list behavior.

I have eBGP Neighbors connected via their respective Lo0
R4 --- R5

on R4, I have the following access-list
permit tcp host 150.1.4.4 host 150.1.5.5 eq bgp log-input (4 matches)
permit tcp host 150.1.5.5 eq bgp host 150.1.4.4 log-input (84 matches)

R4
router bgp 1
 no synchronization
 neighbor 150.1.5.5 remote-as 2
 neighbor 150.1.5.5 ebgp-multihop 255
 neighbor 150.1.5.5 update-source Loopback0

R5
router bgp 2
 no synchronization
 neighbor 150.1.4.4 remote-as 1
 neighbor 150.1.4.4 ebgp-multihop 255
 neighbor 150.1.4.4 update-source Loopback0
 neighbor 150.1.4.4 default-originate
 no auto-summary

The list is applied on the interface between R4 and R5 inbound.

My question is: Why Traffic that's generated by R4 itself sourced from Lo0
is hitting the inbound access-list before it reaches R5?



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