From 2b8198688d453d2fa9ca5bbbbfd2e2bc4a31446e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Claudio Jeker Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 17:25:52 +0000 Subject: The Route Distinguishers should not be used to control distribution. Found by and fix tested by Rimi Philippe --- usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.conf.5 | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.conf.5') diff --git a/usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.conf.5 index c3454ccd18c..a28515c04fa 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.conf.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.conf.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: bgpd.conf.5,v 1.116 2011/09/17 16:29:44 claudio Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: bgpd.conf.5,v 1.117 2012/04/07 17:25:51 claudio Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004 Claudio Jeker .\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 17 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 7 2012 $ .Dt BGPD.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -494,13 +494,13 @@ for further information about the arguments. .Pp .It Ic rd Ar as-number Ns Li : Ns Ar local .It Ic rd Ar IP Ns Li : Ns Ar local -The Route Distinguishers uniquely identifies a set of VPN prefixes. -Only prefixes matching the +The sole purpose of the Route Distinguisher .Ic rd -will be imported into the routing domain. -The purpose of the +is to ensure that possible common prefixes are destinct between VPNs. +The .Ic rd -is solely to allow one to create distinct routes to a common address prefix. +is neither used to identify the origin of the prefix nor to control into +which VPNs the prefix is distributed to. The .Ar as-number or -- cgit v1.2.3