[6bone] Newbie BGP questions

Michel Py michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 23:20:15 -0800


> Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> 2) The AS paths are usually short (3-5 hops) but 2 caught my eye:
> *> 3FFE:F00::/24    3FFE:2000:0:41D::22F   0 559 9044 5424 10318
> 5623 6939 6939 2042 3836 4618 9264 7660 22388 11537 786 1853 1853
> 1853 1853 1853 6680 1103 2602 2200 9112 6830 12702 3549 4697 10566
> 13944 22 i
> *> 3FFE:1F00::/24   3FFE:2000:0:41D::22F   0 559 9044 5424 10318
> 12199 145 4554 278 6435 17715 6939 4716 2500 4697 3320 293 6175
> 7580 10566 15180 1251 1916 11537 22 5609 6830 1755 i
> Is this normal?

I believe the acronym for this is "SNAFU" which is somehow close to the
standard state of the 6bone. Welcome aboard.

Looks like the good old mrtd withdraw bug again. Consider filtering,
these mile-long AS-PATHs used to be common but I don't see a single one
in my own BGP table right now.

Michel.