Re: Why is BGP synchronization off by default now?

From: Luca Hall (lhall@setnine.com)
Date: Sun Mar 23 2008 - 19:09:57 ART


The primary reason is the global bgp routing table is too big now to
redistribute into your igp.

> I have read some on BGP synchronization. I read that it is rarely ever
> turned on nowadays but the issue it was designed to resolve is still a
> real
> issue. What is the point of having it turned off? It seems like it
> serves
> as a failsafe mechanism. Is it the idea that if you want to blackhole
> traffic the router will let you?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
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