lundi 30 mai 2011

BGP theory

We use the BGP version 4.

BGP is in fact a TCP application that uses port 179.

iBGP (BGP inside the same AS).

eBGP (BGP between different AS).

The best choice is the shortest AS-PATH (by default).

Routing policies are present in BGP attributes.

BGP is a very slow protocol; we have a 5-sec interval update for iBGP and a 30-sec interval update for eBGP.

Authentication is possible with BGP (md5 auth).

Synchronization rule: a route learned by BGP must be present in the IGP routing table before being transmitted to any other BGP peers.

Split horizon rule: a route learned by iBGP must never be announced to another iBGP peer. This is why we always try to have a full meshed iBGP topology. In order to bypass this rule we must use Route Reflectors.

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