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		philxor on Aug 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Crafting endless AS paths in BGP BGP confederations are still used in some large SP networks today, mostly because it's hard to transition away from it. However, it hasn't been a recommended solution for scaling BGP for 15+ years now. I had someone approach me recently wanting to deploy them after reading a BGP book written 20 years ago. No.

windexh8er on Aug 2, 2024 [–]

Yes, the blog post should follow up with why you would set up this example network with route reflectors (RR) instead.

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