First of all - the word ALWAYS and the CCIE lab tasks simply do not often get along - thank goodness. 
Second of all - when I am a proctor and we have written a lab that does not ever mention Router ID for OSPF and a candidate asks me what to do about it - my answer - "keep it simple". 
So I am afraid I cannot agree with either statement provided here. 
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On Aug 10, 2010, at 9:21 PM, "Kambiz Agahian" <aussiecert_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Jack,
> 
> The OSPF router-id is one of the things that they always tell you what to do
> about. If not then that's a fair proctor question.
> 
> HTH
> Kambiz Agahian
> 
> CCIE Instructor/Consultant
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> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Jack Router <pan.router_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> In the LAB:
>> Is it safe to assign OSPF router id on a router even if not instructed ?
>> Also, if task just says "configure R1 in OSPF area 0", is it safe to type
>> "net 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 are 0"
>> Did you or will you use those commands ?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
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