OSPF Sham links in real life

From: Jack Router <pan.router_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 16:26:34 -0400

In my workbooks sham-links are presented as a way of tricking the router to
send traffic via MPLS cloud and not via the backup link, when OSPF is
redistributed via MBGP.
My question is:
On real networks, is it practical to configure sham links even if no backup
links are installed? The reason for this would be to avoid confusion with O
and IA routes, so routes originated in the same area are seen as internal
routes O and not inter-area IA.

thx

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