On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:34 AM Blake Hudson <bl...@ispn.net> wrote:
> William Herrin wrote on 5/24/2019 1:22 PM: > > If you drop the /24, you break the Internet when my connection to > > CenturyLink is inoperable. > > Not really. The remote networks that drop visibility to your /24 > announcement still have a default route. They just just leave the > decision of the best path to your /24 up to their upstream provider(s) > rather than having direct knowledge. > If you're talking about a leaf node in the BGP system then sure. You can ditch whatever you want and replace it with default routes. Ditch whole /8's if it floats your boat. Partial feed has always been acceptable for leaf nodes. If you're talking about a transit node then no, you're breaking the Internet. Even if you have a default route, your downstream customer, to whom you fail to provide the /24, will suffer malfunction. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin b...@herrin.us https://bill.herrin.us/
