On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:22:38PM +0900, Matsuzaki Yoshinobu wrote: > Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote > >> A friend in AS58587 confirmed that this was caused by a configuration > >> error - it seems like related to redistribution, and they already > >> fixed that. > > > > 7007 all over again. do not redistribute bgp into igp. do not > > redistribute igp into bgp. > > I also suggested them to implement BGP community based route filtering > in their outbound policy. Any other suggestions or thoughts to > prevent such incidents in general?
In addition to the BGP community scheme, outbound as-path filters could help. Most network's list of transit providers is fairly static, it would be easiy with as-path filters to prevent announcing upstream routes to other upstreams or peering partners. Kind regards, Job